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TABLE OF DISTANCES, WATER AND 
RAIL, IN LOUISIANA 



WATER AND RAIL DISTANCES 

FROM NEW ORLEANS, LA., TO IMPORTANT CITIES 

OF THE UNITED STATES 

WATER DISTANCES FROM NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
TO PRINCIPAL PORTS OF THE WORLD 



U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
AUGUST 18, 1916 



To Accompany Map of Southern Louisiana, Dated March, 1915 




WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1916 



TABLE OF DISTANCES, WATER AND 
RAIL, IN LOUISIANA 



WATER AND RAIL DISTANCES 

FROM NEW ORLEANS, LA., TO IMPORTANT CITIES 

OF THE UNITED STATES 

WATER DISTANCES FROM NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
TO PRINCIPAL PORTS OF THE WORLD 



Contents - Pages 5 and 6 

Table of Distances Pages 7 to 41, inclusive 

Index to Table of Distances - - - - Pages 43 to 48, inclusive 



U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
AUGUST 18, 1916 



To Accompany Map of Southern Louisiana, Dated March, 1915 



# 



WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

1916 



CONTENTS. 



I 'age. 

Mississippi River from Canal Street, New Orleans, to points between Homo- 
chitto River, Miss., and the Gulf of Mexico 7 

New Orleans via Lake Borgne Canal (private tolls) and Chief Menteur Pass to 

points on Lake Borgne, Pontchartrain, Maurepas, and tributaries 8 

New Orleans via Mississippi River, Lake Borgne Canal, and Rigolets to points 

on Lake Borgne, Pontchartrain, Maurepas, and tributaries 9 

New Orleans to points on the Mississippi Sound, Alabama, Black Warrior, and 
Tombigbee Rivers via Mississippi River and Lake Borgne Canal 9 

New Orleans via New Basin Canal (no connection with Mississippi River) to 

Lake Pontchartrain, Chef Menteur Pass, and Lake Borgne 10 

New Orleans (New Basin Canal) to Lake Pontchartrain, Rigolets, Lake Borgne, 
and Mississippi Sound 10 

New Orleans (New Basin Canal) to points on Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Mau- 
repas, and tributaries 11 

New Orleans (old basin, Carondelet Canal) to Bayou St. John and Lake Pont- 
chartrain (no connection with Mississippi RiA^ef ) 11 

New Orleans to Pearl River, La. and Miss., via New Basin or Lake Borgne 
Canal 11 

Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia (tributaries of Lake Pontchartrain), via new 
basin or Lake Borgne Canal 12 

Tangipahoa River (tributary of Lake Pontchartrain), via new basin of Lake 
Borgne Canal 12 

Tickfaw River and tributaries, Natalbany, Blood, and Ponchatoula Rivers: 
(Tickfaw is a tributary of Lake Maurepas), via new basin or Lake Borgne 
Canal 12 

Amite River and Bayou Manchac (Amite River is a tributary of Lake Maurepas), 
via new basin or Lake Borgne Canal 14 

Mouth of Old River to points on Upper Atchafalaya and Upper Grand Rivers 

to junction with Bayou Plaquemine and to Morgan City (Grand River route). • 15 

Mouth of Old River to points on Upper Atchafalaya and Upper Grand River 
and Grand Lake to Morgan City (Grand Lake route) 15 

Bayou Plaquemine and Grand River system from Plaquemine, La., to Morgan 
City : . . .' 16 

New Orleans to Morgan City via Company canals (private tolls) to Lake Sal- 
vador, Bayous Lafourche, Terrebonne, Black, etc 17 

New Orleans to Morgan City via Harvey Canal and Company canal to Lake 

Salvador, Bayous Lafourche, Terrebonne, Black, etc 17 

Bayou Des Allemands, Lake Des Allemands, and tributaries * 18 

Bayou Lafourche from Donaldsonville to Gulf of Mexico (closed by dam from 
Mississippi River) 18 

Bayou Lafourche to Morgan City via Cancienne Canal (three routes, via Lake 

Poularde, Bayou Long, or Bayou Boeuf ) 19 

Bayou Terrebonne: Houma, La. , to mouth in Terrebonne Bay 19 

Houma to Morgan City via Barrows Canal, Bayous Black, Chene, and Boeuf. . 20 

New Orleans via Harvey Canal to Bayou Barataria, Lake Villere. Bayou St. 

St. Denis, Grand Isle, Barataria Bay, and Gulf of Mexico 20 

New Orleans to Grand Isle Village and Gulf of Mexico, via Harvey Canal 20 

Bayou Des Glaises: Mouth (at Simmesport, La.j to junction with Bayous 
Rouge, Huffpower, and Boeuf '. 21 

Lower Atchafalaya River, Morgan City to Gulf of Mexico, including Atcha- 
falaya Bay ship channel 21 

Morgan City to Plaquemine and New Orleans, via Grand River system, 13ayou 
Plaquemine, and Mississippi River 22 

Pigeon Bayou to Grand Lake 22 

5 



6 CONTENTS. 

^ Page. 
Bayou Teche: Distance from Morgan City to junction with Bayou Court- 

ableau (Port Barre) 2^5 

Bayous Courtableau, Boeiif, and Cocodrie (mouth of Courtableaii to Alex- 
andria) 23 

Morgan City to points on the existing waterway (westward) 24 

Morgan City to Mouth of Vermilion River and mouth of Schooner Bayou, via 

Atchafalaya River, Wax Bayou, and Vermilion Bay 25- 

Vermilion River, from liiouth to Lafayette and Arnaud^•ille 25 

New Orleans to points on the recommended route of the Inland Waterway as 

far as Sabine, La. (including Orange, Port Arthur, and Beaumont, Tex.) 26 

Mermentau River: ilouth to Mermentau and tributaries 27 

Bayou Plaquemine Brule: From mouth Bayou Des Cannes to Crowley 27 

Calcasieu River, Lake and Pass: From mouth to Lake Charles and Oakdale. . 28 

Sabine River, Lake and Pass: From mouth to Logansport, La 28 

Mississippi River between New Orleans and St. Paul, Minn 29 

Yazoo River and tributaries (Sunflower and Tallahatchie Rivers, via the Mis- 
sissippi River from New Orleans, La " 29 

Ohio River and tributaries (Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers), via Mississippi 

River ) from New (3rleans, La 30 

New Orleans to points on Illinois River and Chicago, via Mississippi River. . . 30 

New Orleans to points on Missouri and Mississippi Rivers 31 

New Orleans to points on St. Francis and L'Anguille River, xia, Mississippi 

River ." 31 

New Orleans to Points on Arkansas River and tributaries (White, Black, and 

Current Rivers), via Mississippi River 31 

New Orleans to points on Red River and tributaries (Black, Ouachita and Ten- 
sas Rivers), Bayous Macon, D'Arbonne, Boeuf, and Bartholomew, via Missis- 
sippi River and Old River 32 

Southwest Pass to points on the Gulf of Mexico, west to Galveston 34 

Southwest Pass (eastward) to points in Gulf of Mexico as far as Mobile, via 

Lakes Pontchartrain, Borgne, and Maurepas 35 

New Orleans to Gulf, Atlantic, and Great Lakes ports, United States and Can- 
ada, in geographical order 36 

New Orleans to Gulf and Pacific ports, United States, Canal Zone, Canada, 

and Alaska 37 

New Orleans to the West Indies, Mexico, and Central American ports 37 

New Orleans to South American ports 38 

New Orleans to European ports, England, etc 39 

New Orleans to Mediterranean (south and east), African ports, and Atlantic 

Islands 40 

New Orleans to islands in the Pacific, Australian, and Asiatic ports 40 



TABLE OF DISTANCES, WATER AND RAIL. IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 1. — Mississippi River from Canal Street, New Orleans, La., to points between 
Homochitto River, Miss., and the Gulf of Mexico. 



From New Orleans, Canal 
Street, to — 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Homochitto River (mouth).. 

Buffalo River (mouth) 

Mouth of Old River (Red River) 

Angola, La 

Tunica Bayou 

Bayou Sara 

Thompsons Creek 

Port Hickory, La 

Profit Island, La 

Port Allen, La 

Baton Rouge, La 

Plaquemine 1 /ock, La 

Bayou Plaquemine 

Wliite Castle. La 

Donaldsonvule, La 

Head of Bayou Lafourche • 

Convent, La 

St. James, La 

Lutcher , La 

Garyville, La ^ . . 

Reserve, La 

Edgard, La 

Laplace, La 

Hahnville, La 

Pecan Grove, La 

St. Rose, La 

Kenner, La 

Avondale. La 

Southport, La 

Westwego, La 

Company Canal 

Amesvilie, La 

Harvey, La. (Harvey Canal) . . 

Gretna, La 

Canal Street (New Orleans, 

La.) 

Algiers, La. (opposite Canal 

Street) 

Jackson Barracks, La 

Chalmette Slip, La 

Port Chalmette, La 

Lake Borgne Canal 

Poydras, La 



Miles. 
220 
211 
202 
201 
192 
166 
157 
155 
150 
133 
132 

> 112 



61 

51 

46 

43 

43 

39 

30 

24 

22 

18J 

13i 

9 

7 

7 

5 

3 

2 



i 
4 
5 
6 

Hi 

13 



Railroad 

distances 

from 

New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



From New Orleans, Canal 
Street, to — 



English Turn, La 

Belle Chasse, La 

Scarsdale, La 

Dalcour, La 

Jesuits Bend, La 

Belair, La 

Myrtle Grove, I-a 

Nero, La 

Diamond, La 

Pointe a la Hache, La 

Magnolia, La 

Bohemia, La 

Socola, La 

Dime, La 

Butler, La 

Homeplace, La 

Daisy^ La 

Orange Farm, La 

Nairn, La 

Nicholls, La 

Doullut Canal 

Buras, La , 

Neptune, La 

Forts St. Philip and Jackson, 
La 

Lucas Canal, La 

The Jump (mouth of Grand 
Pass) 

Quarantine, La 

Cubits Gap (Main Pass) 

i Pilottown, I;a 

Head of Passes, La 

Pass a Loutre, La 

Head North Pass 

Head Southeast Pass 

! Double Bayou (Southwest 
Pass) 

Burrwood, La 

End of jetties, Southwest Pass. 

Oysterville, La. (South Pass).. 
I Port Eads, La. (South Pass)... 
■ End of jetties (South Pass) 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
17 
19 

m 

22 
26 
29 
35 
40 
45 



50 
50 
51 
55 
57 
58 
59 
60 
63 
65 
68 
71 

74 
80 

84 
90 
91 
93 
94i 
94 
106 
99 

103 

109 

114 

101 

105§ 

107i 



Railroad 
distances 

from 

New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



I No water connection. 

Available depths. —South and Southwest Passes up to quarantine, 30 feet; quarantine to New Orleans, 
62 feet; New Orleans to Homochitto River, 35 feet. 
Plaquemine Lock is 55 by 265 by 10 feet. 

7 



8 TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA, 

Table No. 2. — From New Orleans via Lalce Borgne Canal {■private tolls) and Chef 
Menteur Pass to points on Lake Borgne, Pontchartrain, Maurepas, and tributaries. 

[Lake Borgne Lock, 280 by 40 by 5.6 feet.] 



From Canal Street, New Orleans, La., to— 



Water 
distances. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Lock entrance, Lake Borgne Canal 

Jmiction, Bayou Dupre 

Mouth Bayou Dupre (Lake Borgne) 

Martello Castle (mouth Bayou Dupre) 

Shell Beach, Proctors Landing (Lake Borgne) 

Mouth Bayou Chaperon (on Lake Borgne) 

Mouth Bayou Bienvenue (on Lake Borgne) 

Battery Bienvenue (on Bayou Bienvenue) 

Chef Menteur Pass (Lake Borgne entrance) 

Chef Menteur, La 

Fort Macomb, La 

Lake Pontchartrain, La. (Chef Menteur entrance) 

South draw Queen & Crescent trestle (via Chef Menteur Pass and Lake Pont- 
chartrain) 

Milneburg, La. (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Spanish Fort, La. (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

West End,La. (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Mouth Bayou Bonfouca (on Lake Pontchartrain) * 

Slidell, La ,. 

Mouth Bayou Lacombe (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Mandeville, La. (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Mouth of Chefuncte River ( on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Madisonville, La. (on Chefuncte River) 

Houltonville, La. (on Chefuncte River) 

Mouth of Bogue Falia (on Chefimcte River) 

Covington, La. (on Bogue Falia River) 

Mouth of Tangipahoa River (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Pass Manchac, La. (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Manehac, La. (on Pass Manchac) 

Lake Maurepas, La. (via Pass Manchac) 

Mouth of Tickfaw River (via Chef Menteur, Lake Pontchartrain and Lake 
Maurepas) 

Wadesboro, La. (on Ponchatoula River) 

Springfield, La. (on Natalbany River) 

Killian, La. (on Tickfaw River) 

Mouth of Amite River (on Lake Maurepas) 

Port Vincent, La. (on Amite River) ^ . 

Hope VUla, La. (on Bayou Manchac) 

Mouth of Blind River (on Lake Maurepas) 



Miles. 
Hi 
14| 
18 
18 
34 
20 
23 
26 
26 
29 
29 
34 

39 

54 

551 

57 

45 

52 

48 

57 

63 

65 

66 

73 

78 

66 

67 

72 

73 



91 
91 
90 
83 
115 
126 



Miles. 



28 



38 



Vessels 240 feet in length, 36 feet in width, drawing 5 to 5* feet at low water, can pass Lake Borgne Lock. 
Draft through Lake Borgne Canal and Bayou Dupre, 6 feet at low water; draft in Lake Borgne, 6 to 9 feet 
at low'water. Chef Menteur Pass is deep', but on account of shoals in lakes at entrance, only 4 feet draft 
can be used. Draft at low water in Lake I'ontchartrain, 7 to 10 feet, except 5 to 7 feet over middle groimds 
between Queen & Crescent bridge and Chef Menteur or Rigolets. Draft to Covington, Wadesboro, 
Springfield, Killian, and Hope Villa, about 7 feet at low water. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 3. — From New Orleans via Mississippi River, Lake Borgne Canal, and 
Rigolets to points on Lake Borgne, Pontchartrain, Maurepas, and tributaries. 

[Lake Borgne Lock, 280 by 40 by 5.6 feet.] 



From Canal Street, New Orleans, La., to — 



Lock, Lake Borgne Canal (private tolls) 

Mouth Bayou Duprc (Lake Borgne) 

Mouth Rigolets, east end (L. & N. R. R. bridge) 

Fort Pike, La 

Mouth West Pearl R i ver 

Fort Pike, La. (on Rigolets) 

Lake Pontchartrain , La. ( West Knd, Rigolets) 

North draw. Queen & Crescent trestle (on Lake Pontchartrain). 

Mouth Bayou Bonfouca (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Slideil, La 

Mouth Bayou Lacombe, La. (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Mandeville, La. (on Lake Pontchart rain) 

Mouth Chefuncte River (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Madison ville, La. (on Chefuncte River) 

Houltonville, La. (on Chefimcte River) 

Mouth of Bogue Falia (on Chefuncte River) 

Covington, La. (on Bogiie Falia) 

Tangipahoa River (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Mouth of Pass Manchac (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Pass Manchac, La. (on Pass Manchac) 

Lake MaurepaS; La 

Mouth of Tickfaw River via Lake Maurepas and tributaries 

Wadesboro, La. (on Ponchatoula River) 

Springfield, La. (on Natalbany River) 

Killian, La. (on Tickfaw River) 

Mouth of Amite River (on Lake Maurepas) 

Port Vincent, La. (on Amite River) 

Mouth of Bayou Manchac, La. (on Amite River) 

Hope Villa, La. (on Bayou Manchac) 

Blind River (on Lake Maurepas) 

Spanish Fort, La. (on Lalce Pontchartrain over middle grounds) 



Water 
distances. 



Miles. 

in 

IS' 

40 

41 

42 

48 

49 

,->4 

59 

66 

63 

74 

78 

81 

82 

89 

94 

81 

83 

SS 

89 

96 

106 

108 

106 

99 

121 

135 

142 

102 

73 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



Channel conditions same as Table 2, except 5 feet at low water can be carried over middle groimds, Lake 
Pontchartrain; the Rigolets, 50 to 70 feet deep. 

Table No. 4.- — New Orleans to points on Mississippi Sound, Alabama, Black Warrior, 
and Tombigbee Rivers, via Mississippi River and Lake Borgne Canal. 

[Lake Borgne Canal Lock, 280 by 40 by 5.9 feet.] 



From Canal Street, New Orleans, La., to — 



Lock, Lake Borgne Canal (private tolls) 

Mouth Bayou Dupre (Lake Borgne) 

Shell Beach ( Proctors Landing, Lake Borgne) 

Mouth of Pearl River via Mississippi Sound 

Waveland , Miss. , via Mississippi Sound 

Bay St. Louis, Miss 

Pass Christian, Miss 

Gulf port , Miss 

Biloxi, Miss 

Ocean Springs, Miss 

Pascagoula, Miss 

Mobile, Ala., via Mississippi Sound and Grants Pass. 

Mobile, Ala., via Mississippi River and Gulf 

Mobile River via Grants Pass 

Mouth Tom rjigbee River 

Mouth Alabama River 

Demopolis, Ala. (on Tombigbee River) 

Mouth of Black Warrior River 

Tuscaloosa, Ala. (on Black Warrior River) 

Montgomery, Ala. (on Alabama River) 

Rome, Ga. (on Coosa River) 

Pensacola, Fla 





Railroad 


Water 


distances 


distances. 


from New 




Orleans. 


Miles. 


Miles. 


m 


11 


18 
34 




28 


44 
55 




48 


.59 


52 


63 


59 


74 


67 


85 


80 


90 


84 


105 


100 


165 


140 


253 


140 


165 




210 
210 
395 






257 


397 
528 




299 


503 


321 


758 


502 


193 


246 



Draft through Lake Borgne Canal same as Table 2. Draft of 6 to 7 feet can be carried to points on Missis- 
sippi Sound. Drafi to Demopolis, 3 feet; project to Tuscaloosa, 6 feet. Draft of 2] feet can be carried to 
Montgomery, Ala., at low water. 

Through low-water draft from New Orleans to points on the Mississippi Sound and Mobile, 6 to 10 feet; 
to Demopolis, Ala., 3 feet; to Tuscaloosa, Ala., 3 feet. 



61497—16- 



10 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 5. — New Orleans via New Basin Canal (no connection with Mississippi River) 
and Chef Menteur Pass to points on Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne. 

[New basin canal owned by State of Louisiana; tolls charged. Head of new basin canal opposite Union 
Depot, South Rampart and Howard Streets, New Orleans.] 

From New Orleans via Lake Pontchartrain and Chef Menteur to points on Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne. 



From head of new basin canal to- 



West end (mouth of new basin canal) 

Spanish Fort, La.' 

Milnebure, La.i .• 

Mandeville, La.' 

South draw, Queen & Crescent trestle ' 

Irish Bayou ' .". 

Chef Menteur Pass (entrance to Lake Pontchartrain) 

Chef Menteur, La. 2 

Fort Macomb, La. 2 

Lake Borgne via Chef Menteur Pass 

Shell Beach, La. (Lake Borgne) via Chef Menteur Pass 

Mouth of Bayou Lupre (Lake Borgne) via Chef Menteur Pass 

Mississippi River via Chef Menteur Pass and Lake Borgne Canal 

Canal Street, New Orleans, via Chef Menteur Pass and Mississippi River 



Water 
distances. 




Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



19 



1 On Lake Pontchartrain. 



3 On Chef Menteur Pass. 



Depths. — New Basin Canal, 7 feet; Lake Pontchartrain, 7 to IS feet (except 5 feet over middle grounds); 
entrance to Chef Menteur, 4 feet; Lake,Borgne, 6 feet; Lake Borgne Lock, 5.6 feet. 

Table No. 6. — From New Orleans (head of New Basin Canal) via Lake Pontchartrain 
and Rigolets to points on Lake Borgne and Mississippi Sound. 



From head of new basin canal 
to— 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



; Miles. 
North draw, Queen & Crescent I 

trestle (railroad bridge) ! 29 

Kigolets (Lake Pontchartrain 

end) ; 35 

Fort Pike, La J 35J 

Lake Borgne (east end Rigolets) .] 43 

Shell Beach (Lake Borgne) j (53 

Mouth of Bayou Dupre (Lake ! 

Borgne) 1 64 

Lake Borgne Lock (Mississippi 

River) via Lake Borgne Canal, 

Violet, La : 70J 

Mouth East Pearl River (Pearl ; 

River) i 49 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



32 



28 



50 



From head of new basin canal 
to— 



Via Rigolets and Mississippi 
Soimd: 

Waveland, Miss 

Bay St. Louis, Miss 

Pass Christian, Miss 

Gulfport, Miss 

Biloxi, Miss 

l^scagoula. Miss 

Mobile, Ala 

Pensacola, Fla., via Mississippi 
Soimd and Gulf 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 



64 
C8 
72 
81 
92 
111 
170 

203 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



48 
52 
59 
67 
80 
100 
140 

246 



Available depths.— 'New Basin Canal, 7 feiet; Lake Pontchartrain, 7 to 15 feet, except 5 feet over middle 
groimds; entrance to Rigolets, 5 to 7 feet at low water; Mississippi Sound, 6 to 7 feet; Lake Borgne, 6 feet; 
Lake Borgne Canal, 5.6 feet. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



11 



Table No. 7. — New Orleans {New Basin Canal) to points on Lake Pontchartrain, Lake 

Maurepas, and tributaries. 



From head of New Basin Canal, New Orleans to- 



Mouth Bayou Bonfouca (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Slidell, La. (on Bayou Bonfouca) 

Mouth of Bayou Lacombe (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Lacombe. La. (on Bayou I.acomlie) 

Maude ille, La. (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Mouth of Chefuncte Ri^ er (on I-ake Pontchartrain ) 

Madison\ ille, La. (on Chefuncte River) 

Houlton- ille, La. (on Chefuncte R i^. er) 

Mouth BofTue Falia (tril aitary of Chefuncte Ki'^ er) 

Covington, La. (on BoRue Falia Ri' ery 

Mouth of Tangipahoa Ri ^ er (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Mouth of Pass Manehac (on Lake Pontchartrain) 

Manchac, La. (Akers, post office) (on Pass Manehac) 

Lake Maurepas xis, Pass Manchac 

Tickfaw Ri \ er > ia Pass Manchac 

Mouth of Blood Ri . er (on Tickfaw Ri er) 

Killian, La. (on Tickfaw Ri'. er) 

Sprinsr ille. La 

Mouth of Natalbany Ri->er (on Tickfaw River) 

Springfield, La. (on Natalbany Ri' er) 

Mouth of Ponchatonla Ri er (on Natalbany River) 

Wadesboro, La. (on Ponchatoula River) 

Mouth of Amite Ri > er via Pass Manchac. 

Port Vincent, La. (on Amite River), •■ ia Pass Manchac 

Mouth of Bayou Manchac (on Amite Ri' er) 

Hope Villa, La. (on Bayou Manchac), ^ ia Pass Manehac 

Mouth of Blind River (on Lake Maurepas) via Pass Manehac 



Draft of 7 feet can be carried to all points in this table. 

Table No. 8. — Neiv Orleans {old basin, Carondelet Canal) to Lake Pontchartrain, via 
Carondelet Canal, Bayou St. John. 

[Canal has no connection with Mississippi Riv er; private tolls. Head of canal, Toulouse and Basin Streets, 

New Orleans, La.] 




From head of Carondelet Canal (old basin) to- 




Junction with Bayou St. John 

Spanish Fort 

Lake Pontchartrain (mouth of Bayou St. John), end of jetties 



Available depth!:.— -Dratts to points on Lake Pontchartrain, 5i to 7 feet at low water (except 2 feet over bar 
at mouth of Bayou St. John). 

Distances from head of Carondelet Canal to , arious points on Lakes Pontchartrain, Borgne, and Maure- 
pas are practically the same as from head of Ne'.v Basin Canal. Spanish Fort is 1| miles east of West En«S 
and 1^ miles west of Milneburg. (See Tables 5, 6, and 7.) 

Table No. 9. — Pearl River, La. and Miss. 

[Mouth of Pearl River is 49 miles from head of New Basin Canal, New Orleans, La., a ia Lake Pontchar- 
train (see Table 6). and 44 miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, La., -. ia La1:e Borgne (see Table 4).J 



From mouth of Pearl Ri\ er to- 



Logtown, Miss 

Queen & Crescent crossing. 
Mouth of West Pearl River 
Mouth of Bogue Chitto.. . . 
Columbia, Miss 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles, t Miles. 

14 ! 

26 I 49 

33 ! 

54 I 

155 105 



From mouth of Pearl Ri\ er to— 



Monticello, Mis: 
Rockport, Miss 
Byram, Miss. . 
Jackson, Miss.. 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
211 
243 
294 
313 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 
131 



17S 

185 



Draft on Pearl River at low water, to Logtown, 9 feet; 3 feet to mile 145; 1^ feet to Columbia. 



12 TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 

Table No. 10. — Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia, tributaries of Lake Pontchar train. 

[Mouth of Chefuncte River is 63 miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, La., via Lake Borgne and Chef 
Menteur Pass (vide Table 2), and 78 miles from Canal Street via Lake Borgne and Rigolets (see Table 3), 
and 32 miles from head of New Basin Canal, New Orleans, La., via Lake Pontchartrain (see Table 7).] 



From mouth of Chefuncte River 
(Lake Pontchartrain) to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


From mouth of Chefuncte River 
(Lake Pontchartrain) to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Via Chefuncte River: 

Madison ville, I/a 


Miles. 
2 
3 

7 

9 
10 
lOJ 


Miles. 


Via Bogue Falia: 

Abita River . . . 


Miles. 
12 

m 


Miles. 






Covington, La. (New Or- 
leans ' Great Northern 










Mouth of Ponchatalawa 




66 


Creek 












Junction with Bogue Falia . 













Ruling depth. — Prom mouth to Covington, La., 7 feet at low water, except occasional shoals at Covington , 
5 to 7 feet depth. 

Table No. 11. — Tangipahoa River, tributary of Lake Pontchartrain. 

[Mouth of Tangipahoa River is 81 miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, La., via Lake Borgne (see Table 3) , 
and 35 miles from head of New Basin Canal, New Orleans, La., via Lake Pontchartrain (see Table 7).] 



From mouth of Tangipahoa 
River to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


From mouth of Tangipahoa 
River to — 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 




Miles. 

3 

74 

15 

16 

20 


Miles. 


Hammond & Eastern R. R. 
crossing 


Miles. 

23 
24 
27 


Miles. 


Pecosin Creek 




58 


Wells Ferry 




Skull Creek 




SimTTis CrA«V 




Chappepeela Creek 




Washley Creek 




Water Creek 


37 1 













Depths. — 2 to 6 feet; bars and snags. 

Table No. 12.— Tickf aw River and tributaries: Nutulbuny, Blood, and Ponchatoula 

Rivers. 

[Tickfaw River is a tributary of Lake Maurepas.] 

[Mouth of 'I'ickfaw River is 43 miles from head of New Basin Canal, New Orleans, La. (see Table 7), and 96 
miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, La., via Lake Borgne (see Table 3).] 

TICKFAW RIVER. 



From mouth of Tickfaw River 
to— 



Mouth Natalbany River 

Mouth Blood River 

Killiaii, l-a 

Whitmores Island, La 

Springville, La 

Mouth Big Horn Branch 

Hammond <fe Eastern R. R. 
cro-ssing 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. Miles 
2 : 

7^ : 

10 |... ...... 

22 

27 ! 

29 I 

34 I , . 



From mouth of Tickfaw River 
to— 



Montpelier, La 

Naialliany & Natchez R. R 

crossing 

Mouth Twelve-mile Creek 

Hillsdale, La 

Greensburg, La , 

Joseph Bayou 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 
53 



Miles. 



Draft at low water, 7 feet to head of navigation, about IG miles above mouth. Above this point depth 
reduces gradually to 1 foot. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



13 



TabI;E No. 12. — Tick/aw River and tributaries: Natalbony, Blood, and Ponchatoula 

Rivers — Continued . 

POINTS ON NATALRANY RIVER, TRIBUTARY TO TICKFAW RIVER. 
[Mouth of Natalbany River is 2 miles above mouth of Tickfaw River.) 



Mouth of Natalbany River tc 



Mouth Ponchatoula River. 

Springfield Lumber Co 

Springfield, La 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
3| 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Mouth of Natalbany River to — 



Hammond & Easiern K. R. 

crossing 

Natalbany & Natchez R. R. 

crossing 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Railroad 
i distances 
1 from New 
I Orleans. 



Miles. I Miles. 
19 
24 



Head of navigation, Springfield, La.; draft, 7 feet at low water. 

POINTS ON PONCHATOULA RIVER, TRIBUTARY OF NATALBANY RIVER. 
[Mouth of Ponchatoula River is 3f miles above the mouth of Natalbany River.] 



Mouth Ponchatoula River to— 


Water 
distances. 


Rail- 
road 

dis- 
tances I 
from 
New 

Or- 
leans. 

Miles. 

1 

i 

1 

1 


Mouth Ponchatoula River to— 


Water 
distances. 


Rail- 
road 
dis- 
tances 
from 
New 
Or- 
leans. 


Wadesboro, La., via Poncha- 
toula River 


Miles. 

4 
6 


Illinois Central R. R. crossing... 

Hammond & Eastern R. R. 

crossing 


Miles. 
10 

15 


Miles. 
50 


Yellow River 


64 









Head of navigation: Wadesboro, La.; draft, 7 feet at low water. 

POINTS ON BLOOD RIVER, TRIBUTARY OF TICKFAW RIVER. 
[Mouth of Blood River is 7J miles above mouth of the Tickfaw River.] 



Mouth of Blood River to — 



Water 
distances. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
. Orleans. 



Lizard Creek 

Head of improvement. 



Miles. 
3J 
31 



Miles. 



Depths, 6 to 7 feet. 



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TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 
Table No. 13.— Amite River and Bayou Manchac. 



(Mouth of Amite River is 46 miles from the head of new laasin canal, New Orleans, La. (see Table 7), and 
99 miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, La., via Lake Borgne (see Table 3).] 



Vbath of Amite River, tribu- 
tary to Lake Maurepas, to— 



Caio, La 

Maorepas, La 

Bayou Barbary 

Whitehall, La 

Bayou Chene Blane 

Bayoti King George 

Fiwich Settlement, La 

Bayou Colyell 

Fart Vincent, La 

Grays Creek 

Mouth of Bayou Manchac, La. . 

Tones Creek 

fJomite River 

BEmmiond & Eastern R. R. 

erossrngi 

CeJtons Creek 

Beaver Creek 



Water 
distances. 



Miles. 
6 
9 
13 
16 

m 

174 

19 

23 

32 

32 

36 

46 

54 

56 
58 
60 



Rail- 
road 
dis- 
tances 
from 
New 
' Or- 
leans. 



Miles. 



Mouth of Amite River, tribu- 
tary to Lake Maurepas, to — 



Plainview, La 

Greenwell Springs, La 

Sandy Creek 

Watson, La 

Milton Branch 

Dennis Mills, La 

Olive Creek 

Ludley Creek 

Grangeville, La 

Bluff Creek 

Darling Creek 

Buck Creek 

Turkey Creek 

Main Fork (east fork and Big 

Beaver Creek) 

Liberty, Miss 



Water 
distances. 



Miles. 
65 
67 
68 
70 
73 
85 
92 
93 
93 
94 
102 
107 
113 

115 
140 



Rail- 
road 
dis- 
tances 
from 
New 
Or- 
leans. 



Miles. 



130 



1 Denham Springs, about 1 mile east of river via Hammond & Eastern R. R. 

Head of navigation on Amite River, about 5 miles above junction with Bayou Manchac; draft at low 
water, 7 i«et. 

BAYOU MANCHAC, TRIBUTARY OF AMITE RIVER. 
IJMouth of Bayou Manchac is 36 miles al>ove mouth of Amite River.] 



Moatb of Bayou Manchac to — 



Hop8 Villa, La 

Wards Creek 

3;«X2isiana Rwy. & Navigation 
Ca crossing 



Water I 
distances. 



Miles. 
7i 
8J 



Rail- 
road 
dis- 
tances 
from 
New 
Or- 
leans. 



Miles. 



67 



Mouth of Bayou Manchac to — 



Bayou Fountain. 
Alligator Bayou . 



Water 
distances. 



Miles. 



Rail- 
road 
dis- 
tances 
from 
New 
Or- 
leans. 



Miles. 



Head of navigation, Hope Villa, La.; draft at mean low water, 
atenchac, ordinarily 4 to 5 feet. 



feet, except bar at mouth Bayou 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



15 



Table No. 14. — Frojn mouth of Old River to points on upper Atchafalaya and upper 
Grand River to junction with Bayou Plaquemine and to Moigan City. 



[Mouth of Old Rivor is 202 miles from New Orleans. 
GRAND RIVER ROUTE. 



(See Table 1.)] 



From Mississippi River (mouth 
of lower Old River) to— 



Junction of Atchafalaya and 

Red Rivers 

On Atchafalaya River: 

Mouth of feayou Des Glaises 

Simmesport, La 

Yellow Bayou 

Odenburg, La 

Mouth of Bayou Moreau 

Mouth of Bayou Maillard... 

Jacoby, I^a 

Mouth of Fishers Bayou 

McCrea, La 

Woodside, La 

Neita, La 

Mouth of Bayou Current. . . 

Bayou Current, La 

Elba, La 

Mouth of Bayou Latenache. 

Mouth of Bayou Rouge 

Month of Cowhead Bayou. . 

Melville, La. (Texas & Pa- 
cific crossing) 

Bayou Misere 

Mouth of Bayou Petit 
Prairie 

Krdtz Springs, La. (Frisco 
crossing) 

Mouth of Alabama Bayou. . 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



12 
12 
16 
16 

17 
18 

m 

20 
20 
22 
25 
29 
29 
.32 
34 
.35 
3fi 

37 
40 



Miles. 



150 
'i46 



136 
133 



From Mississippi River (mouth 
of lower Old River) to — 



On Atchafalaya River— Con. 
Mouth of Bayou Courta- 

bleau 

Atchafalaya River, La. 
(Southern Pacific cross- 
ing) 

Junction Opolousas Bay 
and upper Cirand River.. 
On Orand River: 

Butte La Rose, La 

Mouth of Little Atchafalaya 

River 

Mouth of Ouske Bay 

Mouth of Cow Bayou 

Mouth of Bj^ Tensas River. 
Mouth of Little Tensas 

River 

Mouth of Big Pigeon Bayou. 
Mouth of Bayou Maringouin 
Bayou Plaquemine, junc- 
tion with upper Grand 

River 

Morgan City via Grand River 

system. . I 

Plaquemine, La., via Plaque- 
mine Bayou 

Mouth Bayou Teche via lower 
Atchafalaya River 



Water 

is- 
tances. 



Miles. 



69 



113 
161 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



118 



Through draft, Old River to Morgan City, 6 feet; parts of Grand River, 6 to 10 feet; parts of Atchafalaya 
River, 10 feet and over. 

Table No. 15. — From mouth of Old River to points on upper Atchafalaya, upper Grand 
River, and Grand Lake to Morgan City. 

[Mouth of Oil River is 202 miles from New Orleans, La., via Mississippi River.] 

GRAND LAKE ROUTE. 



From Mississippi River (mouth 
of Old River) to— 



Junction of Atchafalaya and 

Red Rivers 

Melville, La 

Butte La Rose, La 

Mouth of Little Atchafalaya 

River via Upper Grand River 
Mouth of Bayou Larompe via 

Little Atchafalaya 

Lake Mongoulis via Bayou 

Larompe 

Mouth of Bayou Chene via 

Lake Mongoulois 

Lake Chicot via Bayou Chene. 



Water 
dis- 
tances. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 


Miles. 


37 




74 








79 




87 




90 




94 





From Mississippi Iviver (mouth 
of Old River) to- 



Grand Lake via Chicot and 

Keelboat Pass 

Bayou Pigeon via Grand Lake.. 
Cypress island Pass via Grand 

"Lake 

Head of lower Atchafalaya 

River via Sixmile Jjake. ...... 

Mouth of Bayou Teche via 

lower Atchafalaya River 

Berwick Bay 

Morgan City, La., via Berwick 

Bay ■- 



Water 

dis- ■ 

tances. 



Miles. 



99 

107 



116 
122 



124 
1.32 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



VIA.SIXMILy; LAKE. 



Cypress Island Pass (see above 
table) 

Berwick Bay via Sixmile Lake. 



116 

128 



Morgan Citv, La., via Berwick 
Bay :.. 



130 



Through draft about 4 feet, except Cypress Island to Morgan City, over 10 feet; and above Butte La Rose 
over 10 feet. 



16 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 16. — Bayou Plaquemine and Grand River system from Plaqtbemine, La., to 
Morgan City and on Bayou Grossetete. 

IPlaqiiemine Lock is 112 miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, La., via Mississippi River. Dimensions 

of lock, 55 by 260 by 10 feet.] 



From Plaquemine Lock, La., 
to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


From Plaquemine Lock, La., 
to- 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Texas & Pacific crossing (on 


Miles. 

3* 

4| 
5 

•i 

8 

11 

16 
21 
25 
27 
28 
30 
30 
32 
36 
37 
37 
38 
40 
40 


Miles. 

85 


Grand River system— Contd. 
Mouth of Old River (upper 
end Belle Fviver) 


Miles. 

42 

48 

.51- 

51 
53 

54 
55 
55 
56 
58 

61 
61 

62 

64 
68 
70 


Miles. 










Jeanerctte Lumber Camp... 

Bavou Long (lower end of 

Belle River) 










Mouth Bayou Grossetete 






92 


Mouth of Bayou Magazille 
(upper end 'Bayou Long). 




Grand River system: 

Junction with upper Grand 






Ramos Lumber Co.'s mill 
(Skidder Landing) 










Mouth Bayou Choctaw 

Mouth Bayou Pigeon 

' Mouth Indigo Bayou 








Mouth of lower Bayou Sorrel 
Mouth of Bayou MiUiomme. 

Upper end Flat Lake 

Lower end Flat Lake (Drews 
Pass). 












Mouth Bayou Posiillion 

Upper Bay Natchez 












Entrance to Berwick Bay 

Junction Atchafalaya "River 

(upper end of Berwick Bay). . 
Morgan City (Southern Pacific 

crossing) 




Lower end of Bay Natchez . . 
Mouth of Bayou'Fourchy... 
Upper end of Little Goddel. 


^ ■ ■ 










81 


Population Bend 

Lower end of Big Goddel . . . 






89 















Draft, 9 to 10 feet, except Bay Natchez and Flat Lake, 6 feet. 

BAYOU GROSSETETE, LA. 

[Mouth of Bayou Grossetete is 7| miles from Plaquemine, La., on Bayou Plaquemine (see Talile No. 16), 
and 56J miles alcove Morgan City via Grand River system (Taljle 16), and 120 miles from New .Orleans 
via Mississippi River and Bayou Plaquemine.] 



Mouth Bayou (irossetete (trib- 
utary to Bayou Plaquemine) 
to— 



Bayou Choctaw 

Grand Bayou 

Angellos Store 

Texas & Pacific crossing. 

Grossetete, La 

Southern Pacific crossing 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
2 
9i 
12 
14f 
15i 
16 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



100 
101 
102 



Mouth Bayou Grossetete (trib- 
utary to Bavou Plaquemine) 
to— 



Rosedale, La 

Slack Bros, mill 

Maringouin, La 

Bayou Maringouin, La 

Livonia, La. (Frisco crossing). . 
Mouth Bayou Fordoche 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
18 
17 
24 
28J 
29 
30i 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



105 
108 
109 



114 



Draft, 5 feet. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



17 



Table No. 17. — New Orleans to Morgan City via Company Canals {-private tolls) to 
Lake Salvador, Bayous Lafourche, Terrebonne, Black, etc. 

[Canal Street, New Orleans, La., to Company Canal Lock at Westwego, La., 7 miles.] 
[Company Canal Lock, 160 by 25 by 6 feet.] 



From Company Canal, Missis- 
sippi River, to— 


Water 
dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


From Company Canal, Missis- 
sippi River, to— 


Water 
dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Bayou Segnette via Company 


Miles. 

2 

8 

10 

23 

23i 
33 

36i 

38 

40 


Miles. 


Via Company Canal— Contd. 
Fay port, La 


Miles. 

40 
40 

45 

53 

54 

76 

83i 

86 

90 

92 

94 


Miles. 


Cataouatche Lake via Bayou 








Bayou Terrebonne, La. 
(Boui'g) 




Lake Salvador via Bayou Seg- 






Houma, La. (Barrows Canal), 
via Bayou Terrebonne 

Bayou Black via Barrows Canal. 

Gibson, La., via Bayou Black. . 

Bayou Cbene \aa Bayou Black. 

Bayou Boeuf via Bayou Chene. 

Ramos, La., via Bayou Boeuf. . 

Rhoda, La., via Bayou Boeuf.. 

Morgan City, La., via Bayou 
Boeuf 




Mouth of Bayou Des Allemands 




70 


Company Canal via Bayou Des 




67 








Via Company Canal: 

Loekport. La. (Bayou La- 
fourche) 


50 


77 
79 




81 


Kimble Canal 















Through draft Houma to Morgan City, La., 4 feet. Very narrow and at times only 3J feet from mouth 
to Houma, and only 2J feet at Barrows Canal and Bayou Black. 

Table No. 18. — New Orleans to Morgan City via Harvey Canal {private tolls) and Com- 
pany Canal {private tolls) to Lake Salvador, Bayous Lafourche, Terrebonne, Black, etc. 

[Harvey Canal, 150 by 29.9 by 7 feet. It is 3 miles above Canal Street opposite Louisiana Avenue.] 



From Harvey Canal Lock, Mis- 
sissippi River, to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


From Harvey Canal Lock, Mis- 
sissippi River, to — 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Bayou Barataria via Harvey 


Miles. 

5i 

5i 

9* 

11 

16 
18 

30 

30 

37 

37 


Miles. 


Loekport, La. (Company Canal) 
via B^you Lafourche 


Miles. 

m 

50 
51 
52 
52 

57 

65 

66 
88 
95i 
98 
102 
104 
106 


Miles. 
50 


Hero's pumping plant via Har- 




Via Company Canal: 

Field Lake, La 




Bayou Terre via Bayou Bara- 












Mouth Bayou Des Families via 








Bayou Terrebonne (Bourg). 
Houma, La. (Banows Canal) 

via Bayou Terrebonne 

Bayou Black (Barrows Canal) 

via Bayou Terrebonne 

Gibson, La 




Junction Bayou Villars via 




70 


Lake Salvador via Bayou Villars 
Mouth Bayou Des Allemands 










67 


Harvey Canal No. 2 via Lake 




Bayou Chene via Bayou Black. 
Bayou Boeuf via Bayou Chene. 
Ramos, La., via Bayou Boeuf. . 
Rhoda, La 






Larose, La., via Harvey Canal 
No. 2 . 




77 
79 


Bayou Lafourche, La., via Har- 
vey Canal No. 2 






81 













Distance from Company Canal Lock, Mississippi River, to Morgan City via all Company Canal route is 
94 miles (vide Table 17). Draft at low water, Mississippi River to Loekport, La., 5i feet; to Morgan City, 
4 feet; and only 21 feet in Barrows Canal and Bayou Black. 

61497—16 3 



18 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 19. — Bayou Des Allemands, Lake Des Allemands, and tributaries . 

[Mouth of Bayou Des Allemands is 23 miles from Company Canal Lock (vide Table 17) and 30 miles from 
Harvey Lock, New Orleans"(vide Table 18).] 



From mouth of Bayou Des Allemands to— 



Water 
distances. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Company Canal via Bayou Des Allemands 

Mouth of Bayou De Grey via Bayou Des Allemands 

Mouth of Bayou Platte via Bayou Des Allemands 

Black Prince Lsland, La., via Bayou Des Allemands 

Mouth of Grand Bayou via Bayoli Des Allemands 

Paradis, La., via Grand Bayou Canal and Bayou Coeodrie 

• Lower end of Little Lake Des Allemands via Bayou Des Allemands 

tapper end of Little Lake Des Allemands via Bayou Des Allemands 

Des Allemands, La. (Southern Pacific crossing), via Bayou Des Allemands 

Lake Des Allemands, La., via Bayou Des Allemands 

Mouth of Bayou Fortier via Lake Des Allemands 

Bayou Bechnel via Lake Des Allemands 

Mouth of Bayou Lassene via Lake Des Allemands 

Mouth of Bayou Chevreuil via Lake Des Allemands 

Mouth of Bayou Tigre via Bayou Chevreuil 

Junction of Bayou Chegby (Grand) Citamon via Bayou Chevreuil 

Bayou Verrette via Bayou Citamon 

Bayou Heron via Lake Pes Allemands 

Bayou Boeuf via Lake Des Allemands 

Coulee Madagaie via Bayou Boeuf 

Mouth of Grand Bayou (Chegby or Cohabanosse) via Bayou Boeuf 

Lake Soeuf via Bayou Boeuf 

Lake Boeuf Drainage Canal via Lake Boeuf 

Bayou Lafourche via Lake Boeuf Drainage Canal 



Miles. 



32 



Draft at low water, 4 feet, mouth to Lake Des Allemands; above the lake, 2 to 3J feet. 

Table No. 20. — Bayou Lafourche {closed by dam from Mississippi River). 

, [Head of Bayou Lafourche at Donaldsonville has no water connection with Mississippi River.] 

[Canal Street, New Orleans, to Larose via Harvey Canal, 40 miles (vide Table 18); Canal Street, New 
Orleans, to Lockport via Company Canal, 43i rdiles (vide Table 17); New Orleans to Donaldsonville, 
80 miles (vide Table 1).] 



From Donaldsonville, La., to — 



Texas & Pacific crossing 

Bellerose, La 

Klotzville, La 

Paincourtville, La 

Plattenville, La 

Napoleonville, La 

Bertie, La 

Cancienne Canal 

Tallien, La 

Labadieville, La 

Roger, La 

Thibodaux, La 

Lafourche Crossing, La. (South 

em Pacific crossing) 

Ariel, La .". 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 



Kaiiroaci 

fSSrew i F™'" Donaldsonville, La., to- 
Orleans. ! 



Miles. 



64 



Q 




11 


75 


U 




17 


79 


IS 




20 


76 


23 


72 


25 


70 


31 


88 


34 


61 


38 


52 


43 





Lake Boeuf Canal, La 

Raceland, La 

Matthews, La 

Lockport, La. (Company Canal) 

Larose, La. (Harvey Canal) 

Cut Off, La 

Cher Amie Canal, La 

Yankee Canal 

Golden Meadow, La 

Leesville, La 

Southwestern Louisiana Canal. . 

Evans Canal 

.Tunction with Belle Pass 

Mouth (Gulf of Mexico) 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 
45 


Miles. 


49 
53 
56i 

68 


42 
46 
50 


71 




78 




83 




83 




92 




94 




104 




105 




107 





Mouth, Gulf of Mexico, from New Orleans via Mississippi River, Southwest Pass, and Gulf is 160 miles 
Draft.— Mouth to Lockport, 4J feet; to Thibodaux, 3i feet; to Donaldsonville, 3 feet. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 19 

Table No. 21. — Bayou Lafourche to Morgan City via Cancienne Canal. 

[Approximate distance.] 

[Cancienne Canal is 3 miles below Napoleonville, on Bavou Lafourche: 88 miles from Canal Street, New 
Orleans, via Harvey route (vide Tables 18 and 20); and SO miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, via 
Company Canal route (vide Tables 17 and 20). This route (3-foot draft) is available only for launches.] 



From Cancienne Canal at Bayou 
Lafourche to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 

from 

New 

Orleans. 


From Cancienne Canal at Bayou 
Lafourche to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 

from 

New 
Orleans. 


Route Xo. 1. 

Lake Verret via Cancienne 
Canal 


Miks. 

9 

12 

14 

15 

21 
24 

7§ 

9 
13 
20 


Miles. 


Route No. ^—Continued. 

Lower end Flat Lake via Flat 
Lake 


Miks. 

23 
26 

9 

12 
14 

15 

19 

23 
27 
29 

31 


Miles. 


Mouth Fourmile Bayou via 
Lake Verret 




Morgan City via Berwick Bay.. 

Route No. 3. 

Lake Verret via Cancienne 
Canal 


81 


Grassy Lake via Fourmile 
Bayou 






Persimmon Pass via Grassy 
Lake 






Lake Palourde via Persimmon 
Pass 




Mouth Fourmile Bayou via 




Berwick Bay via Lake Pa- 
lourde 


\ 


Grassy Lake via Fourmile 
Bavou 




Morgan City via Berwick Bay . . 


81 


Persimmon Pass 




Route No. 2. 


Lake Palourde via Bayou Cher 
Amie 




Lake Verret via Cancienne 


Bayou Boeuf via Bayou Cher 
Amie 




Canal 


Junction Bayou Chene via 
Bavou Boeuf 




Mouth Bayou Magazille via 








Ramos, La., via Bayou Boeuf.. 
Rhoda, La., via Bayou Boeuf... 
Morgan City, La., via Bayou 
Boeuf 


77 


Bayou Long via Bayou Maga- 
zille 




79 


Upper end Flat Lake via Bayou 




81 


Long 













Draft about 3 feet. 

Table No. 22. — Bayou Terrebonne, La.: Houma, La., to mouth in Terrebonne Bay. 

[Canal Street, New Orleans, to Bayou Terrebonne at Bourg, 8 miles below Houma^ via Harvey and Com- 
pany route, 60 miles (vide Table 18); Canal Street, New Orleans, to Bayou Terrebonne at Bourg, 8 
miles below Houma, via Company Canal route, 52 mUes (vide Table 17).] 



Bayou Terreborme at Houma, 
La. (downstream), to— 



Houma, La 

Company Canal (Bourg) 

Bourg, La. (Company Canal 
entrance) 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 


8 



Railroad 
distances 

from 

New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



Bayou Terrebonne at Houma, 
La. (downstream), to— 



Montegut, La 

Bush Canal 

Mouth Bayou Terrebonije 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
15 
23 
37 



Railroad 
distances 

from 

New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



From tlourna on Bayou Terrebonne, to Houma on Bayou Black, via Bayou Cane. — Bayou Terrebonne 
from Houma, La., to Bayou Cane is 3i miles: Bayou Cane from Bayou Terrebonne to Bayou Black is 
2| mUes; Bayou Black from Bayou Cane to Barrows Canal is 3 miles! 

Draft.— Homna, to Bush Canal, 6 feet. From Hoiuna, upstream: To Bayou Cane, draft 3 feet; to 
Schriever, draft 1 to 2i feet. 



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TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 23. — Houvia to Morgan City via Barrows Canal, Bayous Black, Chene, 

Boeuf, etc. 

[Barrows Canal at Houma, La., forms a connection with Bayous Black and Terrebonne. Barrows Canal 
is I mile in length. Houma, La., is 68 miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, via Harvey and Company 
Canal route (vide Table 18), and 60 miles via Company Canal route (vide Table 17).] 



From junction Barrows Canal 
and Bayou Terrebonne 
(Houma, La.) to— 



Houma, La 

Bayou Black 

Southdown Plantation. . 

Concord Plantation 

Mandalay Plantation 

Waterproof, La 

Orange Grove Plantation 

Magnolia Plantation 

Greenwood Plantation... 

Live Oak Plantation 

Gibs on, La 

Bayou Tigre 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 

1 
3 
4 
5 
6 
10 
13 
15 
16 
23 
23 



Railroad 
distances 

from 

New 
Orleans.. 



Miles. 



From jimction Barrows Caaal 
and Bayou Terreboime 
(Houma, La.) to — 



Bayou Chacahoula 

Bayou L'Ourse 

Bayou Cocodrie 

Alligator Bayou 

Junction Bayou Chene 

Junction Bayou Boeuf (via 

Bayou Chene) 

Ramos, La., via Bayou Boeuf. 

Rhoda, La 

Bayou Shaffer 

Morgan City, La., via Berwick 

Bay 



M'ater 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
23 
26 
29 
30 
30i 

33 
37 
39 
40 



Railroad 

distances 

from 

New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



Draft at low water, Houma to Gibson, 3 feet (at times 2\ feet); Gibson to Morgan City, 3 to 10 feet. 

Table No. 24. — Neiv Orleans, La., via Harvey Canal {private tolls) to Bayou Barataria, 
Lake Villere, Bayou St. Denis, Grand Isle, Barataria Bay, and Gulf of Mexico. 



[No rail connections.] 



Water distances, from Canal Street, New 
Orleans, La., to — 
Lock, Harveys Canal (opposite Louisiana 

Avenue Ferry) 

Barataria Bayou (Hero pumping plant). 

Bayou Villars, via Bayou Barataria 

Junction Bayou Dupont and Rigolettes 

(Lafitte) 

Harveys Cut-off, via Bayou Rigolettes. . . 
Lake Villere, via Harveys Cut-off 



Miles. 



3 

Sit 
19" 

26 
33 
35 



Miles. 
Water distances, from Canal Street, New 
Orleans, La., to — Continued. 

Bayou St. Denis, via Lake Villere 38 

Barataria Bay, via Bayou St. Denis 49 

Manila village, La., on Barataria Baj^ 50 

Fort Livingston (Grand Pass) 63 

Grand Isle village 66 

Caminada Pass, via Grand Pass 71 

Quatre Bayou Pass, via Barataria Bay.. 62J 



Draft, 6 feet to Lafltte; thence 3 to 3i feet. Dimensions Harvey Lock, 150 by 29 by 9.7 feet. 



Table No. 25. — New Orleans to Grand Isle Village via Harvey Canal and Gulf of Mexico 
route: Bayous Barataria and Rigolettes, Little Lake, Grand Bayou, and Barataria Bay. 



[No rail connection.] 



Miles. 
Water distances from Canal Street, New Or- 
leans, La., to— 

Harvey Lock 3 

Harveys Cut-off (see above table) 33 

Bayou Perot 34 

Little Lake (upper end) 35 

Little Lake (lower end). Grand Bayou. . 44 

Barataria Bay, via Grand Bayou 54 



Miles. 



Water distances from Canal Street, New Or- 
leans, La., to— Continued. 

Manila village 51 

Fort Livingston, Grand Pass 61 

Grand Isle village 64 

Caminada Pass, via Grand Pass 69 

Quatre Bayou Pass, via Grand Pass 67 



Through draft at low water, Mississippi River to Gulf, 6 feet to Lafitte; and Little Lake route, 3 to 3i 
feet. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



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Table No. 26. — Bayou Des Glaises (Simmesport, La.) from mouth to Junction with 
Bayou Rouge, Huffpower, and Boeuf. 

[Mouth of Bayou Des Glaises is at Simmesport, La., 12 miles from the Mississippi River, via Old and Ateha- 
falaya Rivers, and 214 miles above New Orleans, via Mississippi River, Old River, and Atchafalaya 
River.] 



From Bayou Des Glaises (Simmesport, La.) to — 



Mouth of Yellow Bayou 

Redfish, La., via Bayou Des Glaises 

Hamburg, La., via Bayou Des Glaises 

Big Bend, La. (Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co. crossing), via Bayou Des 

Glaises 

Sarto, La., via Bayou Des Glaises 

Little Prairie Bayou, via Bayou Des Glaises 

Rexmere, La., via Bayou Des Glaises 

Bordelonville_, La., via Bayou Des Glaises 

Moreauville, La. (Louisiana Railway & Navigation Co. crossing No. 2), via Bayou 

Des Glaises 

Texas & Pacific R. R. crossing, via Bayou Des Glaises 

Pearl Lake via Bayou Des Glaises 

Junction with Bayou Rouge, via Bayou Des Glaises 

Cottonport, La., via Bayou Rouge 

Evergreen, La 

Junction with Huffpower, La., via Bayou Rouge 

Bayou Clear via Bayou Huffpower 

Bunkie, La., via Bayou HufTpower 

Head Bayou Boeuf (tributary of Bayou Courtableau) 

Mouth Bayou Boeuf, junction with Bayous Cocodrie and Courtableau 

Washington, La., on Bayou Courtableau 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



158 



?? 




22 
?4 


135 


25 
30 

38 
40 

47 


139 
142 

148 
165 


45 




50 
64 
64 


166 
170 


68 




70 

74 


175 


117 




121 


154 



Draft, 3 to 4 feet in Bayou Des Glaises and Bayou Courtableau; other portions, 1 to 3 feet. 

Table No. 27. — Loiver Atchafalaya River, Morgan City to Gulf of Mexico, including 
Atchafalaya Bay ship channel. 

[New Orleans to Morgan City via Old River, 357 miles (vide Table 14); New Orleans to Morgan City via 
• Plaquemine (Table 16), 176 miles; via Harvey and Company Canal route, 109 miles (Table 18).] 



From Morgan City, La. (South- 
ern Pacific crossing, Berwick 
Bay), to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


From Morgan City, La. (South- 
ern Pacific crossing, Berwick 
Bay), to- 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Via Lower Atchafalaya River: 
Little Wax Bavou 


Miles. 
3 

3i 
5| 
7 
9 

.? 

15 
17i 


Miles. 


Lower Atchafalaya River, Gulf 
of Mexico 


Miles. 
17J 

2U 
27* 
37 


Miles. 


Upper end Batemans Lake.. 
Lower end Batemans Lake.. 




Inner end of Atchafalaya Bay 
ship channel 








Upper end Sweet Bay Lake. 
Mouth Bavou Shaffer 




Pointe Au Fer Shell Reef (Eu- 
gene Island) via Atchafalaya 
Bav ship channel 








Mouth Big Wax Bayou 

Lower end Sweet Bav Lake. 








Outer end Atchafalaya Bay 
ship charmel via Atchafalaya 
Bay ship chfinnp). 










Mouth Chicken Bayou 

Shell Island Pass 












Mouth Deer Island Bavou. . 













Ruling depths, 12 to 16 feet in Atchafalaya Bay ship channel; balance of route over 20 feet; project depth, 
20 feet. 



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TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 28. — Morgan City to Plaquemine and New Orleans via Grand River system, 
Bayou Plaquemine, and Mississippi River. 

[Bay Natchez, Little Goddel and Big Goddel, Belle River, and Bayou Long form the Grand River system. 
Morgan City is 101 miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, via Company Canal (vide Table 17), and 109 
miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, via Harvev and Company Canals (vide Table 18). Plaquemine 
Lock is 55 by 260 by 10 feet.] 

[This table is the reverse of Table No. 16.) 



Morgan City (Southern Pacific 
crossing), Berwick Bay, to— 



Water 
dis- 
tances. 



Morgan City, La 

Flat Lake via Berwick Bay 

Bayou Long (upper end Flat 

Lake) via Flat Lake 

Via Bayou Long: 

Mouth Bayou Milhomme... 

Mouth Bayou Sorrel 

Williams Canal 

Ramos Liunber Co.'s mills. . 

Manifield Canal 

Mouth Bayou Magazille, jimc- 
tion Belle River and Bayou 

Long 

Jeanerette Lumber Camp, Belle 

River 

Mouth Old River, Belle River.. 
Bayou Big Goddel, Belle River. 
Population Bend Big Goddel.. . 

Lower end Little Goddel 

Mouth Bayou Fourchv, Little 

Goddel 

Lower end Bay Natchez, Little 

Goddel 

Via Bay Natchez: 

Mouth Lake Natchez Pass. . 

Upper end Bay Natchez 

Mouth Bayou" Postilion 



Miles. 




Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



Morgan City (Southern Pacific 
crossing), Berwick Bay, to — 



Via Grand River: 

Pumpkin Point 

Mouth Indigo Bayou 

Mouth Bayou Pigeon 

Mouth B ayou Choctaw 

Bayou Sorrel 

Junction Upper Grand River 
and Bayou Plaque mine. . 
Via Bayou Plaquemine: 

Indian village 

Mouth Bayou Grossetete ... 

Dardennes Bend 

Mouth Bayou Jacob . • 

Mouth Dry Bavou 

Texas & Pacific R. R. cross- 
ing 

Plaquemine, La. (lock) 

Mississippi River 

Via Mississippi River: 

Donaldsonville, La 

Convent, La 

Lutcher, La 

Reserve, La 

Laplace, La 

Hahnville, La 

Pecan Grove, La 

Kenner, La 

Avondale, La 

New Orleans, La 



Water 
dis- 
tances. 



112 
125 
13.3 
137 
146 
152 
158 
163 
176 



R ailroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 
30 


ifilei. 


37 




39 




43 




48 




53 




.50 
5U 


92 


59' 




59i 




60i 




63i 

64 

64 


85 
85 



Draft 9 to 10 feet except 6 feet in Bay Natchez and Flat Lake. 

Table No. 29. — Mouth of Pigeon Bayou to Grand Lake. 

[No rail coimection.] 
( Pigeon Bayou is 25 miles from Plaquemine (vide Table 16) and 39 miles from Morgan City (vide Table 2S). ] 

Miles. Miles. 



Water distances from mouth Pigeon Bavou 
to— 
Junction Pigeon and Littl^ Pigeon 



Grand Lake via Big Pigeon Bayou. 
Draft about 5 to 7 feet. 



Water distances from mouth Pigeon Bayou 
to— 
Junction Pigeon Bayou and Bayou 

Long 7 

G rand Lake via Little Pigeon Bayou 12i 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 
Table No. 30. — Bayou Teche. 



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[Mouth of Bavou Teolie is Wj miles above Morgan City and 70^ miles from Plaquemine (vide Taljlo 16) 
and 161 miles from mouth of Old River (vide Table 14): Morsran City is 101 miles from New Orleans via 
Company Canal (vide Table 17"); 109 miles from New Orleans via Harvey and Company Canals (vide 
Table IS): 176 miles from New Orleans via Plaquemine, La. (vide Table 28): and 357 miles from New 
Orleans via Old River (vide Tables 1 and 14); railroad distance from New Orleans to Morgan City, si 
miles.] 



From Morgan Citv to- 



Morgan Citv , La 

Glen wild , La., via lower Atcha- 

falaya River 

Patterson, La 

Mouth Bayou Teche 

Calumet. La., via Bayou Teche 

Shadyside, La ." 

Centerville , La ■ 

Garden City, La 

Hanson Canal 

Franklm, La 

Irish Bend , La 

Camperdo^vn, La 

Baldwin, La 

Charenton, La 

Adeline. La 

Jeanerette, La 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 


6 
8 

lOi 
lo" 
19 
21 
24 
25 
2U 
.32' 
35 
39 
43 
47* 
53 



Raih-oad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



81 



91 
104 
102 
98 
99 
101 
105 
106 
105 
112 
109 
114 



From Morgan City to- 



Olivier, La 

New Iberia, La 

Morbihan, La " 

Vida, La 

Loreauville, La 

Keystone Lock, La.' 

St . Mavtinville, La 

Levert, La 

Parks, La 

Ruth, La 

Breaux Bridge, La 

Cecelia, La 

Bayou Fusilier, La 

Ariiaudville, La 

Leonville, La 

Port Barre, La.,jimction with 
Bayou Corn-tableau ^ 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
60 
64 
67 
72 
73 
S2i 
86 
89 
92 
98 
101 
110 
117 
117 
124 

136 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



121 
126 
132 
13:> 
134 

"i:^9 
141 
145 
149 
152 
159 



1.52 
147 



1 Dimensions, 30 by 160 by 8 feet. 



- No connection except at high water. 



Draft, 6 feet New Orleans to Morgan City and mouth of Bayou Teche via Plaquemine: 3 feet New Orleans 
to Morgan City via Harvey and Company Canals; mouth Bayou Teche, to Jeanerette, S feet; 4 feet to 
Arnaudville: V, feet to Leonville; Leonville to Port Barre, practically dry at low water. 



Table No. 31. — Bayous CourtahleaUj Boeuf, and Cocodrie. 

{Mouth of Bayou Courtableau is 57 miles below mouth of Old River (vide Table 14): 98 miles above Morgan 
City via Grand River system (vide Table 14); and 73 miles above Morgan City via Cypress Island Pass 
and Grand Lake system (vide Table 15). Mouth of Bayou Courtableau closed by log jam; no connec- 
tion with Atchafalaya River, except at high water, other than Bayou Fordoche and other small streams.] 



From mouth of Bayou Courta- 
bleau to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


From mouth of Bayou Courta- 
bleau to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 




Miles. 
2 

24 
4' 
4 
5 

lU 
12' 
13 

19 
25 
26 

28 

32 
36 
41 
46 


Miles. 


1 
Whiteville, La 


Miles. 
50 
55 
62 
64 
68 
75 
76 
87 
98 

105 
lOS 
108 
114 

lis 

120 
136 


Miles. 
168 






171 


English Bayou via Bayou Corn- 






174 


Southern Pacific crossing 

Texas Pacific crossing No. 1 

Junction Bayou HutTpower 

Texas and Pacific crossing No. 2. 
Chenevville, La 


























169 




137 


Texas and Pacific crossmg No. 3. 
Chicago, Rock Island and Pa- 








Port Barre, La., junction with 


141 




R. R. & Gulf crossing 






Lecompte, La 


178 






W. & C. R . ,R . crossin" 




Washington, La. (Southern 


154 


1 Junction with Bayou Lamourie. 
i Junction with Bayou Robert, 
j near Alexandria. 








190 


Boeuf 


Jiuiction with Bayou Rapides 




Begg, La., via Bayou Boeuf 


158 
162 
164 








Dubuisson, La 









Draft.— Bayou Courtableau, 5 feet; Bayou Boeuf, 3 feet to 1 foot. 

Junction of Bayou Robert with Bayou Rapides is about IJ miles from Red River at Alexandria, La. 
Bayou Hull'power joins Bayou Rouge 10 miles from junction with Bavou Boeuf via Bavbu Des Glaises 
(vide Table 26). 



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TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Tabie No. 31. — Bayous Courtableau, Boeuf, and Cocodrie — Continued. 

VIA BAYOU COCODRIE. 





Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 




Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Junction Bayous Cocodrie and 


Miles. 
32 
19 

41 


Miles. 


Cocodrie Lake 


Miles. 
42 
46 

51 


Miles. 


Boeuf 


Western end Cocodrie Lake 

Longleaf, La. (St. Louis, Iron 
Mountain & Southern R.R.). 




Mouth Bavou Chicot 






Clearwater, La. (Chicago, Rock 
Island* Pacific R.R.) 


184 


190 



Dro//.— Cocodrie Bayou, 1 to 3 feet. 

Boeuf and Cocodrie are generally obstructed above their junction. 

Table No. 32. — Morgan City to points on the existing Inland Waterway (westward). 

Route.— Bayou Teche, Hanson Canal, West Cote Blanche Bay, Vermilion Bay, Schooner Bayou, White 
Lake, Grand Lake, and Mormcntau River. For distances, Morgan City from New Orleans via Company 
and Han-ey Canals, Plaauemine and Old River, see Tables 14, 16, 17, and 18. 

Note.— This route is only partially open on account of only 7-foot vertical clearance under the bridges 
over Hanson Canal; the present route for large vessels is from Morgan City via Atchafalaya River, Wax 
Bayou, Cote Blanche, and Vermilion Bays. Distance from Morgan City "to mouth of Schooner Bayou 
by this route is 75 miles. 



From Morgan City (Southern Pacific crossing) to— 



Morgan City, La 

Patterson, La., via lower Atchafalaya River 

Calumet^ La., via Bayou Teche 

Garden City, La., via Bayou Teche 

Hanson Canal, La., via Bayou Teche 

Bayou Portage, La., via Hanson Canal 

Franklin Canal, La., via Hanson Canal 

Mud Lake, La 

West Cote Blanche Bay via Mud Lake and Jaws 

Cote Blanche Island via West Cote Blanche Bay 

Dead Cypress Point via West Cote Blanche Bay 

Bayou Carlin 

We'eks Island via Vermilion and Weeks Bay 

Sallys Island via Cote Blanche Bay 

Mouth Bayou Petit Anse via Verihilion Bay 

Avery Island (Salt Mine) via Petit Anse Bay 

Redfish Point via Vermilion Bay 

Southwest Pass (Vermilion Bay) via Vermilion Bay. , 

Mouth Vermilion River via Vermilion Bay 

Abbeville, La., via Vermilion River , 

Lafayette, La., via Vermilion River , 

Mouth Schooner Bayou via \'ermilion Bay , 

Schooner Bayou Lock via Schooner Bayou 

White Lake Canal via Schooner Bayou , 

White Lake via White Lake Canal ." , 

Turtle Lake Canal, west end White Lake 

Turtle Lake via Turtle Lake Canal 

Alligator Lake Canal, west end Turtle Lake 

Alligator Lake via Alligator Lake Canal 

Collicon Lake via Collicon Lake Canal 

West end Collicon Lake 

Grand Lake, eastern end Inland Waterway 

Lower Mermcntau River via Grand Lake , 

Gulf of Mexico via Mermcntau River 

Upper Mermcntau River via Grand Lake 

Proposed Intracoastal Canal via Mermcntau River 

Lake Arthur, l^a., via Mermcntau River 

Mouth Bayou (^ueue de Tortuc via Mermcntau River 

Mermentaii, La., via Mermcntau River 

Mouth Bayou Ncspi((tu' via Mermcntau River , 

Mouth Plaqucminc Uriilc via Mcdlenka River 

Crowley, La., via Plaqucminc Brule 

Bayou "Lacassine via Grand Lake 

Bayou Misere via Bayou and Lake Lacassine 

Bayou Little Misere via Bayou Misere 



AVater 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 



8 

15 

24 

25 

29 

30f 

32 

36 

42 

52 

67 

65 

52 

65 

73 

65 

64 

74 

98 

123 

73 

77J 

78 

85 

99 

100 

101 

102 

103 

104 

105 

115 

140 

117 

1184 

134 

1.39 

151 

152J 

154 i 

176 

118 

119 

123 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



134 



146 
145 



180 

m 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



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Table No. 32. — Morgan City to points on the existing Inland Waterway {westward) — 

Continued. 



From Morgan City (Southern Pacific crossing) to- 




Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Lake Misere Canal via Lake Misere 

Sweet Lake via Lake Miseio Canal ". 

Calcasieu Lake, North American Land & Timber Co.'s Canal 

EasI entrance Calcasicu-Sahine Inland Waterway 

Lake Charles, La ^ 

West entrance Calcasieu-Sabine Inland Waterway 

Orange, Tex., on Sabme River 

Port Arthur, Tex 

Beaumont, Tex 



Miles. 



219 



257 
300 
278 



Draft.— Morgan City to Hanson Canal, 10 feet; through Hanson Canal, 5 feet; balance of route to Sabine 
River, 5 feet; on Sabine River, Orange to Port Arthur, 26 feet. 

Table No. 33. — Morgan City to mouth of Vermilion River and mouth of Schooner Bayou 
via Atchafalaya River, Wax Bayou, and Vermilion Bay. 

[No rail connection.] 

[For distances, New Orleans to Morgan City via Company Canal, Harvey Canal, Plaquemine Lock, and 
Old River, see Tables 14, 16, 17, and 18.] 



Water distances from Morgan City, La., 
to— 

Mouth Vermilion River via Hanson 

Canal (Table .32) 

Mouth Schooner Bayou via Hanson 
Canal (Table 32) 



Miles. 
73 
73 



Water distances from Morgan City, La., 
to— Miles. 

Little Wax Bayou 3 

Jmiction Big Wax Bayou 13 

Mouth Big Wax Bayou 21 

Mouth Vermilion River via Big Wax, 

Cote Blanche, and \'ermilion Bays 73 

Mouth Schooner Bayou 75 

For other distances on Vermilion River and westward from Schooner Bayou, see Tables 32 and 34. 
Through draft, 5 feet. 

Table No. 34. — Vermilion River from mouth to Lafayette, La. 

(Mouth of Vermilion River is 73 miles from Morgan City via Island Waterway and Hanson Canal (vide 
Table 32): 75 miles from Morgan City via Wax Bayou (vide Table 33); 182 miles from New Orleans via 
Harvey Canal and Inland Waterway (vide Tables 18 and 32). For distances. New Orleans to Morgan 
City with various routes, see Tables i4, 15, 16, 17, and 18.] 



From Vermilion Bay, mouth of 
Vermilion River, to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
dis- 
tances 
from New 
Orleans. 


From Vermilion Bay, mouth of 
Vermilion Rive'r, to — 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
dis- 
tances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Devils Elbow 


Miles. 

f 
9 
10 
11* 
12 
14i 


Miles. 


Gueydan (Abbeville) Canal 

Abbeville, La 


Miles. 
24 
25 
37* 
391 
49' 

50i 
"li 

761 


Miles. 


Live Oak Plantation 




146 


Campbells Ferry 






143 


Little Bayou 




Sebastopol Coulee 




Keuhling plantation 




Pinhook Bridge. 




Foster plantation 




Southern Pacific crossing, La- 




Bancker, La 




144 


Ramsey Plantation, La 


17 
17 
184 
22' 




Bavou Fusilier 




Youngs Coulee 




Bayou Teche via Bayou Fusi- 
lier, at Arnaudville, La 




Rose Hill sugarhouse '. 






Perry, La 













Head of navigation, Pinhook Bridge. Draft at low water, mouth to Milton, 4 feet; to Lafayette, 2i feet . 
61497—16 4 



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TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 35. — New Orleans to points on the recommended route of the Inland Waterway 
as far as Sabine River, La., including Orange, Port Arthur, and Beaumont, Tex. 

[Entrance is to he near Harvey Canal Lock, and is 3 miles above Canal Street, New Orleans, La., opposite 

Louisiana Avenue Ferry.] 



From canal lock (Mississippi River) 3 miles below Canal Street, New 
Orleans, La., to — 



Proposed 
route. 



Compara- 
tive dis- 
tances, ex- 
isting route 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Lock 

Bayou Barataria via proposed canal 

East end Lake Salvador \'ia Bayou Barataria 

Proposed canal, west end of Lake Salvador, via Lake Salvador 

Cross Bayou Lafourche via proposed canal 

Cross Bayou Terrelionne, via proposed canal 

Cross Bayou Caillou via proposed canal , 

Enter Bayou Black via proposed canal .' , 

Gibson, La. , Bayou Black , 

Enter Bayou Boeuf 

Enter Atchafalaya River, Berwick Bay 

Morgan City, La., on Atchafalaya River 

Patterson, La., lower Atchafalaya River , 

Enter Baj'ou Teche 

Calumet, La., via Bayou Teche , 

Garden City, La., via Bayou Teche , 

Enter Hanson Canal via Bayou Teche, 

Enter east end proposed canal at Little Bay via Mud Lake 

Cote Blanche Island via proposed canal 

Bayou Cypremort via proposed canal 

Weeks Island via proposed canal 

Mouth Bayou Carlin (Weeks Bay; via proposed canal 

Continuation of proposed canal via Bayou Carlin 

Mouth Bayou Petit Anse via proposed" canal 

Enter Vermilion River ( 3 miles above mouth) via proposed canal 

Offset Ableville, I^a., via Vermilion River 

Leave Vermilion River, continuation of proposed canal 

Schooner Baj'ou via proposed canal 

Schooner Bayou Lock via Schooner Bayou, existing route 

East end White Lake 

Offset Pecan Island 

West end White Lake (White Canal) 

Enter Turtle Lake 

Enter Alligator Lake 

Enter CoUicon Lake 

Enter Grand Lake (east entrance) 

Mouth upper Mermentau River 

Enter proposed Intracoastal Canal, Mermentau to Sabine section, via 
Mermentau River 

Cross Bayou Lacassine na proposed canal 

East end Lake Misere Canal via proposed canal 

East end Sweet Lake via Lake Misere Canal 

Cross North American Land & Timber Co.'s Canal 

Calcasieu River a ia proposed canal, Black Bayou, and Watkins Canal. 

Cross Calcasieu River via proposed canal and" Bayou Black 

Enter Inland Waterway, east end of Calcasieu-Sabine section via Cal- 
casieu River 

Offset Lake Charles, La 

Vinton Canal via Inland Waterway 

Sabine River via Inland Waterway 

Offset Orange, Tex 

Offset Beaumont, Tex., via Sabine Lake and River and Neches River. 

Port Arthur, Tex., via Port Arthur ship channel and Sal)ine River. . . 



Miles. 



5i 

18' 

1 30 

40 

50 

52 

58 



t.i 



i82i 

1 94 

1 94 

= 102 

2 104* 

2 109" 

2 lis 

= 119 

3 128 
134 
139 
142 
144 
146 
1.51 
164 
186 
166 
169 

5 1734 

5 181' 

= 188 

6 195 
5 196 
5 198 
5 199 
5 201 
5 213 

214* 

217" 

225 

235 

237 

253 



Miles. 



255 
272 
271 
278 
281 
315 
299 



1 54 
1 18" 



1 37 

1 57 



1 106 

2 114 

2 1164 

2 121" 

2 130 

2 131 

3 140 
U,57 
n63 
<173 
n73 
n75 
n73 

n8i 

<206 



4 181 

5 1854 
5 193' 
5 200 

5 207 
5 208 
5 210 

5 211 

5 213 

5 225 

6 226i 
6 226 

5 237 

6 247 



6 264 



'265 
285 
'281 
'288 
= 291 
8 325 

8 311 



Miles. 



91 
102 
99 



146 



257 
278 
300 



' Route \'ia Harvey Canal No. 1 and Company Canal No. 2. 

2 Route Morgan City to entrance Hanson Canal, via Atchafalaya River and Bayou Teche. 

3 Route in Hanson Canal. 

< Route via Morgan City via lower Atchafalaya, Wax Bayou, Cote Blanche, and Vermilion Bays. 
5 Existing route via Schooner Bayou, White Lake, etc. 

» Existing route, Mermentau River to Calcasieu Lake, Lake Misere via Lake Misere Canal and North 
American Land & Timlier Co.'s Canal. 
' Existing route, Calcasieu River to Sabine River. 
8 Existing route, Sabine River, Sabine Lake, Neches River, and Lake Arthur Canal. 

Project depth of proposed route. Inland Waterway, 5 by 40 feet, bottom width. 

The existing route, New Orleans to Morgan Cityi is via Harvey and Company Canals (vide Table 18) 
and Morgan City to Sabine River, via existing route and Hanson Canal (vide Talile 32). 

Existing route from Morgan City west is via .\tchafalaya River, Wax Bayou, Cote Blanche, and Ver- 
milion Bays, and is the only one possible for large boats on account of lack of vertical clearance in the 
Hanson Canal; also the existing route, Mermentau to Calcasieu via Bayou Misere, Lake Misere, Lake 
Misere Canal, Sweet Lake, and North American Land & Timber Co.'s Canal, is limited to 34 by 16 feet 
through the Sweetwater Canal Locks. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



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Table No. 36. — Mennentau River. 

[Month of Mermentau River is 314 miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, via Mississippi River and the 
Gulf of Mexico (vide Tal)les 1 and 4S): 210 miles (Table 3,t) from New Orleans to jnnotion of Collieon Baj-ou 
and drand Lake, via Ilarveys Canal No. 1, Company Canal No. 2, Bayous Terrebonne, and Black, Atcha- 
falaya River, Wax Bayou, Cote Blanche Bay, Vermilion Bay, Schooner Bayou, and White Lake (vide 
Table 35); if via Hanson Canal, the distance is 214 miles from Canal Street, New Orleans, La. (vide 
Tables 32 and 35).] 



From Gulf of Mexico to— 


Water 
dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 

from 

New 

Orleans. 


From Gulf of Me.xico to— 


Water 
dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 

from 

New 
Orleans. 




Miles. 

3 

54 

9' 
13 
16 
16 
IS 
19 
24 
24i 

34 
37 

38 

36 
371 


Miles. 




Miles. 
53 
53 

56 

58 

72 

331 

264 
70 
70 
72 

954 


Miles. 
255 






Laurents, La 












Mouth Pumpkin Bayou 




Mouth Bayou t^ueue de Tortue. 
Riceville, La., on Bayou Queue 
de Tortue 












175 


Mouth upper Mud Lake 


New Orleans to Riceville via 
Plaquemine - Morgan City 
waterway, Wax Bayou, Ver- 
milion Bay, Schooner Bayou, 
etc 








Mouth Little Pecan Bayou . . . . 






Mouth Little Chenier Bayou 

Little Chenier Ridge, La 

Mouth Catfish Bavou 












New Orleans to Riceville via 
Harvey Canal, Company 
Canal, and Houma (Tables 18, 
32, and 33) 




Mouth Grand Lake 






Mouth Collieon Bayou via 






Mouth Gueydan Canal 




Southern Pacific crossing 

Mermentau, La 


180 


Mouth Bayou Lacassine 

Upper end Grand Lake (upper 




180 




Bayou Nezpique 




Viterboville, La., on Bayou 
Nazpique, 23J miles above 
mouth 




Proposed intracoastal canal 






Lakeside, La. (Mermentau 
River), via Mermentau River. 


47 
47 
48 




Junction Bayou, Plaquemine 
Brule, and Bayou des Cannes. 

Crowley, La., on Plaquemine 
Brule 


731 
95 




Mouth Lake Arthur 






Lowry, La 




166 











Head of navigation, Crowley, La. Draft at low water, 6 feet, except at bar at the entrance and exit of 
Grand Lake; 4 to 5 feet in lower Mud Lake; bar at Gulf, 3 to 4 feet. 
Head of navigation on Nezpique, Viterboville. 

Table No. 37. — Bayou Plaqueviine Brule from junction Bayou des Cannes. 

[ For distances from New Orleans and other points, see Table No. 36. Mouth Bayou Plaquemine Brule is 
1} miles above mouth of Bayou Nezpique; 263 miles from New Orleans, via inland waterway (Tables 
18 and 32) and 3f miles above Mermentau, La. (Table 36).] 



From mouth Bayou Plaque- 
mine Brule to — 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 

from 

New 
Orleans. 


From mouth Bayou Plaque- 
mine Brule to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 

from 

New 
Orleans. 


Thibodaux sawmill 


Miles. 
5 
8 
12 

m 

19 


Miles. 


Frisco Bridge 


Miles. 
20 

20 

21 


Miles. 


Southern Pacific R. R 


176 


Basin Medlenka Canal, via 




Estherwood pump 




Union relift 




Crowley, La., via drainage 
canal 




Roller pumping plant, head of 




166 


improvement 













Head of navigation, Crowley, La. 
account of fallen trees. 



Draft at low water, 6 feet, except at times reduced to 3 to 6 feet on 



28 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 38. — Calcasieu River, Lake, and Pass. 

[Calcasieu Pass is 357 miles from New Orleans via Mississippi River (Tables 1 and 48) and Gulf of Mexico. 
Calcasieu Lake at junction with North American Land & Timber Co.'s Canal is 256 miles from New 
Orleans via Harvey and Company Canal route to Morgan City: thence Hanson Canal, ^'e^milion Bay, 
Schooner Bayou, White Lake, and Sweetwater Canal (vide Tables 18 and 32). The distance from New 
Orleans to Calcasieu River via proposed route is 256 miles (Table 35) and via existing route to the same 
point, Atchafalaya River, and Wax Bayou is 265 miles (Tables 18 and 35).] 



From Gulf of Mexico to- 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 

from 

New 

Orleans. 


From Gulf of Mexico to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 

from 

New 

Orleans. 




Miles. 

2* 

7" 

121 
15 

16 
19?, 
21" 

22 
25 

26 

26J 

28 

30 

31 

33 

40 


Miles. ' 


Mouth B ayou D'Inde 


Miles. 
41 
424 
44 
46 

455 
53 
54i 
65i 
66i 
72 
73 
77 
86 
99 
99 
100 
1125 

1150 
I 155 


Miles. 


Pass ' ' . . 


Mouth Contraband Bayou 

Lake Charles 






1 




Mouth Bayou Foret via Calca- 




Lake Charles, La. (city) 

Westlake,La. (Southern Pacific 


219 


Mouth Bayou Bois Connie.. 




221 




Mouth West Fork 






Mouth English Bavou 








Marion, La 








Mouth Bavou Serpent 








Jones Bluff 






Hecker, La 








Marsh Bavou 














Frisco R. R. crossing 


197 


Mouth Bayou Choupique 




Philips BlulT 






Motith Bundick Creek 








Mouth Mill Creek 








Oakdale (Jasper & Eastern 
crossing) 








221 






Mouth Cherry winck Creek 











1 Distance approximate. 

Head of navigation, Philips Bluff. Draft at low water, 4 feet in upper and lower portion of Calcasieu 
Lake: balance of lake, 51 to 6 feet; balance of stream from mouth to Jones Bluft', 8 to 20 feet; Jones Bluff 
to Philips BlufT, 6 feet; portion above Jones Blufl', mainly snaggy. 

Table No. 39. — Sabine River, Lake, and Pass. 

[Sabine River is 384 miles from New Orleans via Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico (Tables 1 and 48) 
Sabine River, at junction with inland waterway, 3 miles below Orange, is 281 miles from New Orleans 
via recommended route (Table 35), 289 miles via Hanson Canal route'(Tables 18 and 32), and 291 miles 
via Wax Bayou route (Table 35).] 



From Sabine Jetties (upstream) 
to- 



Sabine Light via Sabine Pass. - . 

Sabine, Tex., Sabine Pass 

Sabine Pass, Tex., via Sabine 

Pass 

Port Arthur Canal via Sabine 

Pass 

Mouth Taylor Bayou via Port 

Arthur Ship Channel 

Port Arthur, Tex., via Port 

Arthur Ship Channel 

Mouth Neches River via Port 

Arthur Ship Channel 

Beaumont, Tex., via Neches 

River 

Mouth Sabine River via Sabine 

Lake 

Mouth Bayou Black via Sabine 

River 

Mouth Cow Bayou via Sabine 

River 

Inland waterway. La., Calca- 
sieu-Sabine section' 

Adams Bayou 

Orange, Tex.i 

Echo, La. (Southern Pacific 

crossing) 

Mouth Old River 

Head Old River 

Kansas City Southern crossing. 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
6 
7 

9 

10 

19 

21 

29 

53 

33 

34 

37 

42 
42 
42i 

52i 
54 
70 
71 



Railroad 

distances 
from New 
Orlenns. 



Miles. 

309 

306 



300 



257 
251 



From Sabine Jetties (upstream) 
to- 



Dewey ville. La 

Cypress Bayou 

Nichols Bayou 

Duett, La 

Caney Creek 

Slayder Creek 

Big" Cow Creek 

Brush Creek 

Belgrade, Tex 

Santa Fe crossing 

Bon Weir, Tex 

Mouth Big Quicksand Creek... 

Mouth Ridge Creek 

Mouth Trout Creek 

Mouth Bavou L'Anacoco 

Little Cow Creek 

Almadene, La 

Mouth Mill Creek 

Mouth Damrell Creek 

Jacks, Tex 

Ten Mile Creek 

Soybold Creek 

Pearl Creek 

Burr Ferry, La 

Hickman Creek 

Mouth Sand V Creek 

Toledo, Tex." 

Mouth Bayou Toreau 

Logansport, La 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
74 
81 
84 
95 
106 
109 
114 
115 
124 
143 
143 
144 
147 
149 
155 
159 
167 
168 
169 
172 
182 
185 
187 
189 
193 
196 
201 
204 
321 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



253 



1 Distance, inland waterway to Orange, is 3 miles. 
Dra/i!.— Mouth to Orange, 26 feet; above Orange, reduces gradually to 3 feet. 



TABLE OF DISTA^^^CES IN LOUISIANA. 



29 



Table Xo. 40. 



-New Orleans to points on the Miss-issippi River between Nev: Orleans, La., 
and St. Paul, Minn. 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Canal Street, New Orleans, La. 

Donaidsonville, La 

Plaquemine, La 

Baton Rouge, La 

Mouth lower end Old River 

( Atchafalaya and Red) 

Mouth ButTalo River 

Mouth Homochitto River 

Vidalia, La 

Natchez, Miss 

Vicksburg, Miss 

Mouth Yazoo River 

Lake Providence, La , 

Greenville, Miss 

Arkansas City, Ark 

Mouth Arkansas River 

St. Helene, Ark 

Mouth St. Francis River 

Memphis, Term 

Caruthersville, Mo , 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



MilCK. 



80 

112 

133 

202 
211 
220 
264 
2«5 
366 
371 
423 
487 
527 
.563 
659 
667 
735 
855 



Railroad 

distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



209 
214 
227 



292 
311 
361 



453 



396 
481 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Tiptonville, Term 

Mouth Ohio iviver 

Cairo, 111 

Cape Girardeau, Mo 

St. Louis, Mo 

Mouth Missouri R iver 

Alton, 111 

Mouth Illinois River (Grafton 

111.) 

Mouth Des Moines River 

Keokuk , Iowa 

Biulington , Iowa 

Rock Island, 111 

Davenport , Iowa 

Mouth Wisconsin River 

LaCrosse River 

Winona, Minn 

Mouth St. Croix River 

St. Paul, Minn 

Minneapolis, Minn 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 

880 

959 

965 

1,011 

1,142 

1,168 

1, 181 

1,198 
1,350 
1,353 
1,393 
1,475 
1,475 
1,634 
1,700 
1,725 
1,814 
1,838 
1,854 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 
502 



554 
570 
699 



921 
952 
954 



1, 161 
1,181 



1,275 
1,285 



Draft at low water, south and southwest, through Passes to quarantine, 30 feet; quarantine to New 
Orleans, 62 feet; New Orleans to Baton Rouge, 35 feet; Baton Rouge to Vicksburg, 11 feet; Vicksburg to 
Cairo, 9 feet; Cairo to Missouri River, 8 feet; Missouri River to St. Paul, Minn., 4J feet. 

Table No. 41. — New Orleans to Yazoo River and tributaries (Sunflower and Tallahatchie 

Rivers) via the Mississippi River. 

[Mouth of Yazoo River is 371 miles above New Orleans, left bank of Mississippi River.] 



From New Orleans, La., to- 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 


From New Orleans, La., to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Mouth Yazoo River (V'icksburg, 


Miles. 

371 

416 
455 


Miles. 




Miles. 
448 
549 
670 


Miles. 
281 


Miss.) 


Mouth of Tallahatchie River. . . . 
Mouth Coldwater River 




Mouth Sunflower River 






Yazoo City, Miss 


229 









Draft at low water, mouth Yazoo River to Yazoo City, 4* feet; to Greenwood, Miss., 4 feet; range 
between high and low water, 35 feet. 

ON SUNFLOWER RIVER. 

[Mouth of Sunflower River is 45 miles above Vicksburg, Miss., and 416 miles above New Orleans, La. 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Holly wood Bar. . 
Woodbum, Miss. 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
490 
493 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleaas. 



Miles. 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Clarksdale, Miss. 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
596 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 
344 



Draft at mean water, 3 feet to Hollywood Bar; 2 feet above Hollywood Bar for about 100 miles. Rang© 
between mean and high water, 30 feet. 

ON TALLAHATCHIE RIVER. 

[Mouth of Tallahatchie River is 178 miles above Vicksburg, Miss., and 549 miles above New Orleans, La. 



From New Orleans, La., to — 



Yazoo Pass. 



RaUroad 
Water I distances, 
distances.! from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 
711 



Miles. 



Braft—One foot at low water to Yazoo Pass. Range between high and low water, about 29 feet. 



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TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 42. — Ohio River and t'ributaries {Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers). 
[New Orleans to mouth of Ohio River, 959 miles (Table 40).] 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Mouth Ohio R iver 

Cairo, 111 

Mound City , Iowa 

Paducah , Ky 

Mouth Tennessee River... 
Mouth Cumberland River 

Mouth Wabash River 

Mount Vernon, Ind 

Evansville, Ind 

Louisville, Ky 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 

959 

961 

966 

1,003 

1,005 

1,018 

1,087 

1,105 

1,141 

1,327 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



554 
553 
552 



676 
696 

778 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Mouth Kentucky R iver , 

Mouth Big Miami River 

Cincinnati, Ohio '.. 

Portsmouth , Ohio 

Mouth Big Sandy River 

Mouth Great Kanawha River 

Parkersburg , W. Va 

Marietta, Ohio 

Wheeling, W. Va 

Pittsburg, Pa 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
1,384 
1,4.38 
1,459 
1,573 
1,611 
1,663 
1,743 
1,756 
1,837 
1,928 



Railroad 

distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



835 
942 



1,064 
1,011 
1,093 
1,148 



Draft at low water, ordinarily 6 feet; in some places navigation is uncertain at low water; as low as 2 to 3 
feet, pending completion of locks and dams. 

TENNESSEE RIVER. 

[Mouth of Tennessee River is 46 miles above mouth of Ohio River, and 1,005 miles above New Orleans, La.] 



From New Orleans, La., to — 



Mouth Tennessee River, Padu- 
cah, Ky 

Hamburg, Term 

Riverton, Ala 

Florence, Ala 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 

1,005 
1,207 
1, 231 
1,262 



Railroad 
.distances 
from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 
552 



438 
460 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Muscle Shoals, Ala 

Decatur, Ala 

Chattanooga, Term 
Knoxville, Term... 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
1, 26S 
1,309 
1,469 
1,653 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



441 
497 

608 



Draft at low water to Hamburg, Tenn., 4 to 5 feet; Hamburg to Riverton, 2 feet; Riverton, Ala., to 
Chattanooga, Tenn., 1.5 feet. Range between high and low water at Riverton, 53 feet. 

CUMBERLAND RIVER. 

[Mouth of Cumberland River is 59 miles above mouth of Ohio Riverand 1,018 milesabove New Orleans, La.] 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Mouth Cumberland River, 

Smithland, Ky 

Clarksville, Tenn 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



1,018 
1,142 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 

eis 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Nashville, Tenn. 
Burnside, Ky. . . 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
1,208 
1,536 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 
562 



Draft at low water, 3 feet, 6 to 8 months of the j'ear, mouth to Nashville; 2J feet Nashville to Burnside 
6 months of the j'ear. 

Table No. 43. — Illinois River and Chicago via Mississippi River. 
[New Orleans to mouth of Illinois River is 1,198 miles.] 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Mouth of Illinois River. 

Grafton, 111 

Peoria, 111 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
1,198 
1,198 
1,361 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 
86i 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Toilet, 111. (Drainage Canal). 
Chicago, 111 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
1,485 
1,519 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 
876 
912 



Length of stream under improvement, 223 miles from mouth. Draft about 5 feet. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



31 



Table No. 44. — Missouri River. 

[Mouth of Missouri River, 17.^ miles above Eads Bridge, St. Louis, Mo., 209 miles above mouth of Ohio 
River, and 1,168 miles above New Orleans, La. (See Table 40.)] 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Mouth Missouri R iver 

Mouth Gasconade River, Gas- 
conade, 111 

Mouth Osage River 

Jefferson City, Mo 

Kansas City," Mo 

Kansas City, Kans 

Mouth Kansas River, Kansas 
City, Kans 

Fort Leavenworth, Kans 

Atchison, Kans 

St . Joseph, Kans 

Mouth Platte R iver 

Omaha, Nebr 

Sioux City, Iowa 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
1,168 

1,272 
1,304 

i,;n3 

1,.5.53 
1, .5.54 

1, 554 
1, .586 
1,610 
1,641 
1,79.5 
1,822 
1,909 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Afilcs. 



.824 
880 



909 
927 
941 



1,080 
1,173 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Mouth St. James or Dakota 
R iver 

Mouth Niobrara River 

Pierre, S. Dak 

Mouth Cheyenne River 

Bismarck, N. Dali 

Mouth l>ittle Missouri River... 

Williston, N. Dak 

Mouth Yellowstone River 

Mouth Milk R iver 

Mouth Musselshell River 

Fort Benton, Mont 

Great Falls, Mont 

Head Missouri River, source 
Gallatin River 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 

2,049 
2,102 
2,334 
2,383 
2,612 
2, 744 
2, SS2 
2,922 
3,009 
3, 238 
3,447 
3,490 

3,708 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



1,512 



1,720 

'i,"969 



2,310 

2,355 



Draft at low water from mouth to Kansas City is 4 feet; Kansas City to Sioux City, 3 feet; Sioux City 
to Benton, 2 to 3 feet; Benton, Mont., head of navigation; also 2 to 3 feet draft from Great Falls to head of 
Missouri River. 

Table No. 45. — 5"^ Frmicis and L'Anguille Rivers via Mississippi River. 

[Mouth of St. Francis River is 667 miles above New Orleans, right bank.] 

ST. FRANCIS RIVER. 



From New Orleans, La., to 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Mouth of St. Francis River. 
Mouth L'Anguille River 



Miles. 

667 
679 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Madison, Ark... 
Wittsburg, Ark. 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Milts. 
727 
753 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 
456 



Draft 3 to 4 feet. 



L'ANGUILLE RIVER. 



From New Orleans, La., to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 




Miles. 
687 


Miles. 
433 







Depths in St. Francis and L'Anguille Rivers controlled by stages of the Mississippi River. 

Table No. 46. — Neiv Orleans to points on Arkansas River and tributaries (White, Black, 
and Current Rivers) via Mississippi River. 
[Mouth of Arkansas River is 563 miles above New Orleans, La.] 
ARKANSAS RIVER. 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Mouth Arkansas River 
Mouth White River. . . 

Pendleton, Ark 

Swan Lake, Ark 

Pine Bluff, Ark 

Little Rock, Ark 

Dardenelle, Ark 

Ozark, Ark 

Van Buren, Ark 

Fort Smith, Ark 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
563 
571 
613 
651 
673 
737 
824 
881 
920 
930 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



444 
487 
568 
610 
575 
570 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Mouth Canadian River 

Webbers Falls 

Mouth Neosho River (Grand 

River) 

Tulsa, Okla 

Mouth Cimmarron River 

Arkansas City, Kans 

Wichita, Kans.,. 

Hutchinson, Ka'ns 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 

986 

1,001 

1,024 
1,089 
1,106 
1,271 
1,333 
1,383 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



680 



792 
843 
891 



Draft at low water, 3 feet to Pendleton, Ark.; 2 feet, Pendleton to Swan Lake, Ark.; li feet, Swan 
Lake to Webbers Falls, Ark.; 1 foot, Webbers Falls to Grand (Neosho) River. 



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TABLE OF DISTAlv^CES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 46. — Neio Orleans to points on Arkansas River and tributaries {White, Black, 
and Current Rivers) via Mississippi River — Continued. 

WHITE RIVER. 

[Mouth White River is S miles above mouth of Arkansas River and is 571 miles above New Orleans, La.) 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Clarendon, Ark., mouth Cache 

River 

Devall Bluff, Ark 

Des Arc, Ark 

New Augusta, Ark 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 



695 
711 
760 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 

498 
534 
546 
558 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Newport, Ark 

Jacksonport, Ark., mouth Black 

River 

Batesville, Ark 

Forsyth, Mo 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
829 



835 

872 

1,076 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 
570 



574 
600 



Under improvement. Draft to Jacksonport, 3 feet; Jacksonport to Batesville, 16 inches. 
BLACK RIVER, TRIBUTARY OF WHITE RIVER. 
[Mouth of Black River is 272 miles above mouth of Arkansas River and 835 miles above New Orleans, La.] 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Black Rock, Ark. 
Pocahontas, Ark . 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
905 
927 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 
530 
537 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Mouth Current River. 
Poplar Bluff, Mo 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 

932 

1,048 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



569 



Under improvement. Maximum draft, IJ feet to Poplar BluiT; Poplar Bluff is head of navigation. 

CURRENT RIVER, TRIBUTARY OF BLACK RIVER. 
(Current River is 369 miles above mouth of Arkansas River and 932 miles above New Orleans, La.] 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Doniphan, Mo .. 
Van Buren, Mo. 



Maximum draft, 10 inches to Van Buren, head of navigation. 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
1,082 
1,124 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



573 
606 



Table No. 47. — Red River and tributaries {Black, Ouachita, and Tensas Rivers, Bayous 
Macon, D'Arbonne, Boeuf, and Bartholomezv). 

[Mouth of Old River is 202 miles above New Orleans, La. Junction of Red River, Old, and Atchafalaya 
Rivers is 209 miles from New Orleans, La.] 

RED RIVER. 



From New Orleans, La., to — 



Mouth Old River... 
Mouth Red River. . 
Mouth Black River. 
Echo Landing, La.. 

Alexandria, La 

Boyce, La 

Mouth Cane River.. 
Colfax, La 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



3/?7c.?. 
202 
209 
237 
293 
320 
339 
356 
356 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



183 
208 



208 



From New Orleans, La., to— 



Montgomery, La.. 

St. Maurice, La 

Grand Encore, La. 

Campti, La 

Coushatta, La 

Shreveport. La 

Fulton, Ark 

Denison, Texas 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
374 
386 
400 
409 
437 
509 
684 
976 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 

223 

231 

251 

243 

1260 

[300 

421 

'574 



Draft.— Low water, 4 feet to Alexandria; 3 feet to Shreveport; reducing to 1 foot at Denlson. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



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Table No. 47. — Red River and tributaries {Black, Ouachita, and Tensas Rivers, Bayous 
Macon, D'Arhonne, Boeuf, and Bartholomew) — Continued. 

BLACK AND OUACHITA RIVERS. 

[Black River is a tributary of Red River; Ouachita River is at ributary of Black River. Mouth of Black 
River is 237 miles from New Orleans, La.] 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Acme Landing, on Black River. 

Glade, La 

Parham, La 

Jonesville, La., mouth Ouachita 

River ; 

Mouth Little River, on Ouachita 

' R i ver 

Mouth Tensas River 

Harrisonburg, La 

Junction Boeuf and Ouachita. . . 



Water 
dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
239 
263 
281 

294 

293 
293 
310 
318 



Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 



Miles. 



From New Orleans, La., to- 



Columbia, La 

Riverton, La 

Monroe, La 

Mouth bayou D'Arbonne 

Ouachita City, La 

Mouth Bayou Bartholomew... 

Mouth Saline River 

Whitehall, Ark 

Camden, Ark 

Arkadelphia, Ark 



Water 
dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
362 
369 
420 
426 
447 
447 
492 
576 
588 
678 



Railroad 

distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 
252 



281 



382 



Draft. — Mouth to Harrisonburg, 3^ feet; to Camden, Ark., 8 inches; to Arkadelphia, 4 inches. 
TENSAS RIVER, .TRIBUTARY OF OUACHITA RIVER, 



Jmiction with Black River, 

Jonesville, La 

Chantilly, La 

Lamarque, La 

Clayton, La 

Lees Bayou 



293 
303 
312 
320 
324 



205 



Kirks Ferry 

Mouth Bayou Macon 

Westwood Place !. 

Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pa- 
cific R. R. bridge 



331 
335 
374 

431 



272 



Maximum draft, 1§ feet to Westwood Place. 

BAYOU BOEUF, TRIBUTARY OF BLACK RIVER. 
[Mouth of Bayou Boeuf is 318 miles from New Orleans, La., and 81 miles above mouth of Black River. 



From New Orleans, La., to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 


From New Orleans, La., to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Junction with Ouachita and 


Miles. 

318 
370 
383 
390 


Miles. 


Charlieville, La 


Miles. 
411 
419 

440 
484 


Miles. 


Boeuf 


Alto, La 




Mouth Bayou Lafourche 




Girard, La. (Vicksburg, Shreve- 
port & Pacific R. R.) 




Boeuf River post office. La 




267 


I/anderneau l^anding 




Wallace Landing 













Maximum draft, IJ feet to Wallace, La. 

BAYOU MACON, TRIBUTARY OF TENSAS RIVER. 
[Mouth of Bayou Macon is 335 miles from New Orleans, La., and 42 miles above mouth of Tensas River.] 



From New Orleans, La., to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 

distances 

from New 

Orleans. 


From New Orleans, La., to — 


Water 
dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Junction with Tensas River 


Miles. 
335 
357 
378 
397 


Miles. 


Delhi, La. (Vicksburg, Shreve- 
port & Pacific R. R.) 


Miles. 

422 
447 


Miles. 


Eureka Landing 




279 


Enrpt T.f^ndinp 




Floyd, La 




Tnrfian T.anrling , , , , 















Maximum draft, IJ feet to Floyd, La. 
61497—16 5 



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TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 47. — Red River and tributaries [Black, Ouachita, and Tensas Rivers, Bayous 
Macon, D'Arbonne, Boeuf, and Bartholomeiv) — Continued. 

BAYOU D'ARBONNE, TRIBUTARY OF OUACHITA RIVER. 



From New Orleans, La., to— 


Water 

dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


From New Orleans, La., to— 


Water 
• dis- 
tances. 


Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 


Junction with Ouachita River.. 


Miles. 
426 
470 


Miles. 


Cobb Landing 


Miles. Miles. 
483 


Farmerville. La 


343 













Maximum draft, 1 foot to Cobb Landing. 

BAYOU BARTHOLOMEW, TRIBUTARY OF OUACHITA RIVER. 



Jimction with Ouachita River.. 

Point Pleasant, La 

Prat Landing 



447 
475 
495 



Williams Landing 
McComb Landing, 
Baxter, Ark 



53G 
588 
629 



Maximum draft, mean low water, 1 foot to McComb Landing. 



Table No. 48. — Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, to points on the Gulf of Mexico, 

vjest to Galveston via Gulf. 

[New Orleans to mouth of jetties, Southwest Pass, is 114 miles; distances from New Orleans by South Pass, 
about 13 miles longer. Draft about 30 feet through Passes to Mississippi River.] 



End of jetties. Southwest Pass, 
westward to — 



Mouth Grand Pass 

Mouth Tigre Pass 

Mouth Red Pass 

Bay Jaque and Spanish Pass 

Scdfield Bayou 

Shell Island Bay 

Bastian Pass 

Bastian Bay 

Bay Joe Wise 

Chalaud Pass 

Bay la Mer '. 

Quatte Bayou Pass 

Grand Pass (pass to Barataria 

Bay 

Fort Livingston 

Barataria Light (Barataria Bay) 

Grand Isle, La 

Caminada Pass 

Mouth Bayou Lafourche (Pass 

Fourchon) 

Bay Marehand 

Belle Pass 

Raccoon Pass to TimbaUer Bay. 

Timbalier Bay 

Lake Raccourci via Timbalier 

Bay 

Grand Pass (Timbalier) 

Timbalier Island, west end 

Timbalier Light 

Caillou Pass (Terrebonne and 

Timbalier Bay) 

Cat Island Pass to Terrebonne 

Bay 

Mouth of Bayou Terrebonne... . 
Mouth of Bayou Little Caillou. . 

Wiuc Island 

Wine Island Pass 

Lake Pelto 

East ]<',n(l Isle Derniere 

West Knd Isle Derniere 

: Ship Shoal Light 

Caillou Hay 

Caillou or Sister Lake 

Mouth Bayou Grand Caillou 

Bayou de Large 

Bayou do West 

Bay Junop via Bayou de West. . 
Oyster Bayou 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
14 
16 
20 
22 
24 
27 
30 
30 
31 
33 
36 
37 

40 
40 
40 
41 
42 

46 
47 
49 
50 
50 

62 
55 
56 
56 



78 
88 
87 
80 
84 
85 
84 
102 
98 
95 
103 
102 
105 
108 
111 
109 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



End of jetties, Southwest Pass, 
westward to — 



Four League Bayou 

Atchafalaya Bay 

Entrance Atchafalya Bay ship 

channel 

Morgan City, La., via Lowe 

Atchafalaya River 

Southwest Reef Light * 

Belle Isle 

Mouth Wax Pass 

Wax La'- e 

Morrisons Cut-oS 

East Cote Blanche Bay 

West Cote Blanche Bay 

Jaws or Little Bay via Cote 

Blanche 

Cote Blanche Island via Cote 

Blanche Bay 

Marsh Island, east end 

Southwest Pass (Vermilion Bay) 
Weeks Bay via Vermilion Bay . . 
Weeks Island via Vermilion Bay 
Mouth Bayou Petit Anse via 

Vermilion Bay 

Avery Island via Vermilion Bay 
Mouth Vermilion River via 

Vermilion Bay 

Abbeville, La., via Vermilion 

Bay 

Mouth Schooner Bayou 

Bills Ridge 

Fresh Water Bayou 

Rollover Bayou 

Constance Bayou 

lleybours Bayou 

Mouth Mermentau River 

Mouth Calcasieu Pass 

Lake Charles, La 

End of jetties, Sabine Pass 

Port Arthur, Tex., via Port 

Arthur ship channel 

Orange, Tex., via Sabine River.. 
Beaumont, Tex., via Neches 

River 

Galveston, Tex., via Gulf of 

Mexico 

Houston, Tex., via Buffalo 

River 

Dallas, Tex., via Trinity River. . 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
112 



165 
134 
143 
143 
147 
144 
145 
155 



162 
151 
169 

178 
178 

178 
186 

182 

207 
183 
178 
180 
194 
198 
206 
230 
243 
285 
270 

290 
312 

323 

330 

383 

872 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



134 



146 



300 
257 



278 
410 



362 
515 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



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Table No. 49.^ — Southwest Pass (eastward) via Gulf of Mexico, Breton, Chandeleur, 
and Mississippi Sounds, and Lake Borgne, Lake Pontchartrain, and Lake Maurepas. 

[Distances from New Orleans by South Pass, about 27 miles shorter. Draft about 30 feet through passes 

of Mississippi River.] 



End of jetties (Southwest Pass) 
via Gulf to— 



Whale Bay 

Mouth South Pass 

Mouth Belize Bayou 

Redfish Bayou 

Mouth Southeast Pass 

Mouth Northeast Pass 

Blind Bay 

Mouth Pass a Lolitre 

Mouth North Pass 

Bull Bay 

Mouth of Twenty-seven Pass 

Mouth Octave Pass 

Mouth Main Pass 

Bird Island 

Bu-d Island Sound 

Grand Bay 

Sable Pomt 

Sable Island 

Grand Coquille Bay 

Little Coquille Bay 

Raccoon Pass 

Quarantine Bay 

Little Bird Island 

Hose Island 

Breton Island 

Battledore Island 

California Bav 

Black Bay 

Mouth River aux Chenes 

Mouth Bayou Terre aux Boeuf . . 

Lake La Fortuna 

Mozambique Point 

Gardners Point 

Grass Point 

EloiBay 

Deadmans Point 

Point Chicot 

Lower end Errol Island 

Lower end Chandeleur Island. . . 

Point Comfort 

Morgans Harbor 

Old Harbor Island 

Free Mason Island via Breton 

and Chandeleur Sound 

North Island via Breton and 

Chandeleur Sound 

Barrel Key 

Drum Bay 

Live OakBay 

Martins Island 

Elephants Pass 

Bay Boudreau 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Miles. 
17 
19 
26 
2(H 
27' 
33 
35 
36 
39 
44 
47 
48 
52 
57 
58 
60 
61 
61 
64 
65* 
70' 
72 
71 
70 
60 
69 
74 
80 
86 
90 
92 
90 
80 
82 
87 
86 
78 
63 
70 
83 
85 
78 

80 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Miles. 



End of jetties (Southwest Pass) 
via Gulf to — 



Brush Point 

Door Point 

Isle Au Pitre 

Cat Island Light 

Ship Island Light 

Chandeleur Light 

Creole Gap, Mississippi Soimd.. 

.Johnsons Bayou 

Three Mile Bayou via Missis- 
sippi Sound 

Nine Mile Bayou 

Petit Island . ". 

Petit Island Pass 

Grand Island via Lake Borgee.. 

Pt. Aux Marchettes 

Bavou St. Malo 

Shell Beach 

Proctor Point 

Mouth Bavou Dupre 

Mouth Chef Menteur Pass 

Via Lake Pontchartrain: 

Mouth Rigolets 

North Draw (Queen & Cres- 
cent trestle) 

South Draw (Queen & Cres- 
cent trestle) 

New Orleans, La 

Mouth Bayou Bonfouca 

Mouth Bayou Lacombe. . . . 

MandeviUe, La 

Mouth Chefuncte River 

Mouth Tangipahoa River... 

Pas'^ Manchac 

Lake Maurepas via Pass Man- 
chac 

Mouth Tickfaw River via Lake 

Maurepas 

Mouth Amite River via Lake 

Maurepas 

Mouth Blind River 

Mouth Pearl River via Missis- 

sipni Sound 

Bay St. Louis, Miss., via Missis- 
sippi Sound 

Pass Christian, Miss., via Missis- 
sippi Sound 

Gulfport, Miss., via Mississippi 

Sound 

Biloxi,Miss.. via Gulf of Mexico. 

Horn Island Pass 

Pascagoula, Miss 

Mobile, Ala 



Water 

dis- 
tances. 



Railroad 
distances 
from New 
Orleans. 



Mile.<). 
96 
97 
105 
109 
109 
98 
111 
117 

119 
123 
128 
128 
120 
136 
144 
147 
144 
152 
149 

134 

149 

151 
167 
153 
157 
168 
173 
176 
178 

185 



195 

198 



110 
123 
113 
124 
160 



Mtles. 



100 
140 



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TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 50. — Neiv Orleans to Gulf, Atlantic, and Great Lakes ports. United States and 
Canada in geographical order — Route east and north via Southwest Pass to Gulf and 
Atlantic and Great Lake^ ports. 



[Route via South Pass is 27 statute miles shorter for all points north, east, and southeast. 
Passes of Mississippi River, about 30 feet.] 



Draft through 



From New Orleans, La., via Southwest 
Pass to— 



Water distances 
from New Or- 
leans, La. 



Nautical 
miles. 



Statute 
miles. 



Statute miles from- 



New 
York. 



San Fran- 
cisco. 



Liver- 
pool. 



Shortest 
railroad 
distances 
(statute 
miles) 
from New 
Orleans. 



New Orleans, La 

Mobile, Ala 

Pensacola, Fla 

Tampa, Fla 

Key West, Fla 

Jacksonville, Fla 

Savannah, Ga 

Charleston, S. C 

Wilmington, N. C 

Norf ol k , V a 

Ne-ivport News, Va 

Washington, D. C 

Baltimore, Md 

Philadelphia, Pa 

New York, N. Y 

New ITaven, Conn 

Providence, R. I 

Boston, Mass 

Portsmouth, N. H 

Portland, Me 

St. John, New Brunswick 

Halifax, Nova Scotia 

Quebec, Canada: 

St. Lawrence River 

Erie Canal 

Montreal, Canada: 

St. Lawrence River 

Erie Canal 

Toronto, Canada: 

St. Lawrence River 

Erie Canal 

Albanv, N. Y.: Erie Canal 

Buflalb, N. Y.: 

St. Lawrence River 

Mississippi and Illinois Rivers and 
Great Lakes 

Erie Canal 

Cleveland , Ohio: Erie Canal 

Toledo, Ohio: Erie Canal - 

Detroit, Mich.: Erie Canal , 

Chicago, 111.: 

Erie Canal 

Mississippi and Illinois Rivers 

Milwaukee, Wis.: Erie Canal 

Duluth, Minn.: 

Erie Canal 

Mississippi and Illinois Rivers and 
Great Lakes 





220 

228 

474 

570 

960 

1,059 

1,158 

1,185 

1,509 

1,509 

1,679 

1.679 

1,681 

1,737 

1,823 

1,910 

1,926 

1,964 

1,997 

2,212 

2,126 

3,066 
2,638 

3,196 
2,508 

3,476 
2,228 
1,861 

3,533 

1,844 
2,171 
2,320 
2,397 
2,401 

2,688 
1,328 
2,628 

3,033 

1,937 




253 
263 
546 
655 
1,105 
1,217 
1,333 
1,363 
1,738 
1,738 
1,930 
1,930 
1,936 
2,000 
2,075 
2,196 
2, 218 
2,257 
2,296 
2,543 
2,447 

3,530 
3,036 

3,679 



4,000 
2,565 
2,143 

4,066 

2.120 
2,499 
2,671 
2,759 
2,754 

3,092 
1.527 
3,025 

3,491 

2,227 



1,970 

1,909 

1,861 

1,540 

1,299 

907 

S06 

722 

636 

325 

324 

4S2 

465 

271 



113 
334 
374 
402 
560 
686 



5,393 
5,371 
5,340 
5,230 
5,018 
5,532 
5,586 
5,588 
5,621 
5,835 
5,835 
6,027 
5,975 
6,027 
6,059 
6,134 
6,210 
6,253 
6,379 
6,304 
6,460 
6,455 



5,266 
5,205 
5,159 
4,867 
4,626 
4,165 
4,095 
4,013 
3,785 
3,715 
3, 715 
3,907 
3,907 
3,700 
3,536 
3,450 
3,385 
3,300 
3, 280 
3,260 
3,120 
2,875 



141 

246 

828 

1,140 

616 

661 

805 

931 

1,039 

1,040 

1,144 

1,184 

1,281 

1,372 



1,562 
1,607 
1,664 
1,722 
2,062 
2,337 

1,S34 



1,661 



1,324 
1,517 

1,281 



1,098 
1,038 
1,098 



997 
1,397 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



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Table No. 51. — New Orleans to Gulf and Pacific ports, United States, Canada, and 

Alaska — South and west. 

[Draft same as Table 50.] 



New Orleans, La., to — 



Water distances 
from New Or- 
leans, La. 



Nautical 
miles. 



Statute 
miles. 



Statute miles from- 



New 
York. 



San Fran- 
cisco. 



Liver- 
pool. 



Shortest 
railroad 
distances 
(statute 
miles) 
from New 
Orleans. 



Via Southwest Pass and Gulf of Mexico 

Port Arthur, Tex 

Galveston, Tex 

Matagorda Bay, Tex 

Aransas Pass, Tex 

Corpus Christi, Tex 

Mouth Rio Grande .• 

Colon, Panama 

Panama, Panama 

San Diego, Cal 

San Francisco, Cal 

Portland , Greg 

Port Towsend, Wash 

Seattle, Wash 

Vancouver, B. C 

Skagway, Alaska 

Sitka, A"laska '. 



1, 

( 'l- 
1-14, 

1-13. 

\ '4, 

his, 

I '4, 
'5, 
'5, 
'5, 
•5, 
•6, 
'5, 



1, 

1 1, 

2 12, 
2 15, 

^4, 
-15, 

*6, 
'6, 
'6, 
'6, 
'7, 
'6, 



2,154 
2,174 



5.4S7 
5,512 



5, 449 
5, 4ti9 



1 5, 597 



1 8, 501 



16,059 
1 6, 808 
16,912 
16,953 
1 6,966 
1 7, 77S 
17,558 



749 
887 
926 
939 
1, 719 
1,499 



19,024 
1 9, 772 
19,910 
1 9,917 



1 10, 743 
1 10, 523 



300 
420 



618 
734 



2,088 



2,482 
2,739 



2,935 



4,051 
3,908 



1 Via Panama Canal. 



■ Via Strait of Magellan. 



Table No. 52. — New Orleans to West Indies, Mexico, and Central American ports 
arranged in approximate geographical order. 

[Route via South Pass is 27 statute miles shorter for ports eastward. Draft 30 feet.] 



New Orleans, La. (route via Southwest Pass), to — 



Bahama Islands 

Turks Island, W.I 

St. Thomas Island, W.I 

Guadaloupe, Point a Pitre, Lesser Antilles, W.I. 

St. Kitts, Leeward Island, W. 1 

Port Castries, St. Lucia Island, W.I 

Barbadoes (Bridgetown), AV. I 

Port of Spain, Trinidad Island, W. I 

Curacoa, Santa Anna Harbor, W.I 

Habana, Cuba 

Mantanzas, Cuba 

Cardenas, Cuba 

Nuevitas, Cuba 

Baracoa , Cuba 

Guantanamo, Cuba 

Santiago, Cuba 

Manzanillo, Cuba 

Trinidad, Cuba 

Cienfuegas, Cuba 

Kingston, Jamaica, W. I. (Port Royal) 

Port au Prince, Haiti 

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 

San Juan, P. R 

Tampico, Mexico 

Tuxpam, Mexico 

Vera Cruz, Mexico 

Puerto, Mexico 

Frontera .Mexico 

Carmen, Mexico 

Campecha, Mexico 

Progreso. Mexico 

Belize, British Honduras ,. 

Puerto Barrios, Guatemala 

Puerto Cortes, Honduras 



895 

1,200 

1,605 

1,912 

1,890 

1,927 

2,029 

2,051 

1,679 

601 

651 

671 

913 

1,093 

1,162 

1.122 

1,022 

825 

790 

1,074 

1,219 

1,508 

1,535 

721 

747 

798 

808 

784 

727 

653 

584 

850 

975 

965 



1 Via Panama Canal. 



From New Orleans. 



Nautical 
miles. 



Statute 
miles. 



1,030 

1,380 

1,846 

2.198 

2,175 

2,216 

2,336 

2,358 

1,931 

692 

749 

772 

1,050 

1,257 

1,336 

1,292 

1,175 

949 

909 

1,235 

1,402 

1,735 

1,765 

830 

860 

919 

930 

902 

S37 

752 

671 

979 

1,122 

1,110 



Statute miles from— 



New 
York. 



1,108 
1,360 
1, 051 
1,840 



2,012 
2,106 
2,233 
2,037 
1,413 
1,400 
1,400 
1,462 
1,400 
1,524 
1,568 
1,685 
1,911 
1,951 
1,690 
1,580 
1,700 
1,611 
2,408 
2, 3S8 
2,350 
2,239 
2, 183 
2,140 
2,048 
1,908 
2,021 
2,129 
2,141 



San Fran- 
cisco. 



15.030 
1 4, 820 
14,971 
1 5, 097 



1 5, 122 
15,211 
15,121 
1 4, 591 
■4,946 
1 5, 003 
1 5, 026 
1 4, 868 
14,661 
1 4, 588 
14,580 
1 4, 610 
14,650 
1 4, 675 
1 4, 421 
1 4, 678 
14,710 
14,930 
1 5, 503 
I 5, 469 
15,429 
1 5, 379 
1 5, 300 
15,228 
15,137 
14,963 
1 4, 726 
1 4, 685 
14,631 



Liver- 
pool. 



4,690 
4,448 
4,116 
4,140 



4,221 
4,171 
4,405 
4,637 
4,746 
4,746 
4,746 
4,600 
4,570 
4,676 
4,720 
4,837 
5,065 
5,105 
4,830 
4.743 
4,531 
4,056 
5,741 
5,721 
5,683 
5,713 
5,541 
5,473 
5,381 
5,241 
5,354 
5,462 
5,474 



38 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 32. — New Orleans to West Indies, Mexico, and Central American parti 
arranged in approximate geographical order — Continued. 



New Orleans, La. (route via Southwest Pass), to — 



From New Orleans. 



Nautical 
miles. 



Statute 
miles. 



Statute miles from— 



New 
York. 



San Fran- 
cisco. 



Liver- 
pool. 



Ceiba, Honduras 

Trujillo, Honduras 

Bluefields, Nicaragua 

San Juan del Norte (Greytown), Nicaragua 

Port Limon, Costa Rica 

Colon, Panama 

Panama, Panama 

Punta Arenas, Costa Rica 

Corinto, Nicaragua 

La Union, Salvador 

San Jose, Guatamala 

Champerico, Mexico 

Salina Cruz, Mexico 

Acapulco, Mexico 

Manzanillo, Mexico 

Mazatlan, Mexico 

Guaymas, Mexico 

La Pas, Mexico 

Esenesada de Todos Santos, Mexico 



945 

940 

1,190 

1,254 

1,324 

1,395 

1 1, 43S 

2 12, S2S 

'1,909 

12,121 

1 2, 228 

1 2, 324 

m,6.54 

1 2, 394 

1 2, 608 

' 2, 864 

ni,940 

1 3, 100 

13,444 

1 3, 808 

' 3, 618 

14,221 



1,087 

1,081 

1,368 

1,444 

1,522 

1,606 

1 1, 654 

2 14,772 

1 2, 195 

1 2, 442 

1 2, 562 

1 2, 676 

2 13, 420 

1 2, 7.53 

1 3, 003 

1 3, 298 

2 13, 750 

1 3, 565 

1 3, 966 

14.385 

1 4, 161 

1 4, 854 



2,120 
2,109 
2,271 
2,340 
2,352 
2,273 
1 2, 323 



1 4, 553 
1 4, 503 
14,104 
1 4, 070 
14,008 
1 3, 780 
1 3, 737 



12,865 
1 3, 109 
1 3, 229 
1 3, 343 

2 12,941 
14.510 
1 3, 670 
13,965 

2 13, 270 
14,232 
1 4, 633 
1 5. 052 
1 4, 828 
1 5, 521 



3,276 
3,023 
2,903 



2,773 
2,656 

2,474 



2,111 
1,844 
1,540 
1,716 
1,440 
537 



5,453 
5,444 
5,338 
5,393 
5,403 
5,237 
1 5, 287 



1 5, 829 
1 6, 073 
1 6, 193 
1 6, 307 
2 13, 364 



16,634 
1 6, 929 
2 13, 693 
1 7, 196 
1 7, 597 
18,016 
1 7, 794 
1 8, 487 



1 Via Panama Canal. 2 via Strait of Magellan. 

Table No. 53. — N'ew Orleans to South American ports, arranged in geographical order. 

[Distances are via Southwest Pass; if via South Pass, distances are about 7 statute miles shorter. Draft 

same as Table 50.] 



New Orleans via Southwest Pass to- 



From New Orleans. 



Nautical 
miles. 



Statute 
miles. 



Statute miles from- 



New 
York. 



San 
Fran- 
cisco. 



Liver- 
pool. 



Atlantic ports: 

Colon, Canal Zone 

Panama, Panama 

Cartagena, Colombia 

La Cruaria, Venezuela 

Georgetown, British Guiana 
Paramaribo; Dutch Guiana. 

Cayenne, Dutch Guiana 

Para, Brazil 

Pernambuco, Brazil 

Bahia, Brazil 

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

Santos, Brazil 

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. . 

Montevideo, Uruguay 

Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Punta Arenas, Chili 

Pacific ports: 

VaMivia, Chili 

Coronel, Chili 

Valparaiso, Chili 

Coquimbo, Chili 

Antofagasta, Chili 

Iquique, Chili 

Callao, Peru 

Paita, Peru , 

Guayaquil, Ecuador 

Panama, Panama 



1 1,395 

11,438 
1,469 
1,849 
2,392 
2,662 
2,782 
3,288 
4,138 
4,537 
5,312 
5,312 
5, 525 
5, 992 
6,291 

1 6, 688 
6.413 
7, 363 

1 5, 381 

1 4, 496 
1 4, 260 

1 4, 054 

2 8, 796 
1 3, 851 
1 3, 701 

1 3, 425 

2 9, 559 
1 2, 784 
1 2, 279 
1 2, 231 
11,438 



1 1, 606 

11,654 
1,689 
2,126 
2,751 
3,061 
3,199 
3,781 
4,759 
5,218 
6,109 
6,109 
- 6, 354 
6,892 
7,235 

1 7, 692 
7, 375 
8,467 

1 6, 188 

' 5, 170 
I 4, 899 
1 4, 662 

2 10,115 
1 4, 429 
1 4, 256 
1 3, 938 

2 10, 992 
1 3, 201 
1 2, 621 
1 2, 565 
1 1,654 



1 2, 273 
1 2, 323 
2,134 
2,127 
2,553 
2,640 
2,826 
3,392 
4, 258 
4,709 
5,493 
5,493 
5,738 
6,337 
6,630 
6,630 
6,761 
8,000 
6,863 

1 5, 758 
1 5,572 
1 5, 335 



1 4,611 

1 4, 787 



' 4,611 
1 3, 873 
• 3, 310 
1 3, 286 
1 2, 323 



3, 780 
3,737 
1 4,110 
1 4, 755 
1 5, 523 
1 5, 723 
'5,913 
16,511 
1 7, 759 
1 8, 218 

1 9, 001 

2 9, 827 
2 9, 583 
2 8, 994 
2 8, 635 
2 8, 635 
2 8, 775 
2 7, 1.32 
2 7, 132 

6,218 



5,919 



5,320 
5,484 



5, 320 
4,591 
4, 0.57 
4,017 
3,737 



1 5, 237 

1 5, 287 
5,050 
4,706 
4,625 
4, 625 
4,625 
4,783 
4,678 
5,137 
5,922 
5, 922 
6,166 
6,788 
7.058 
7. 058 
7,190 
8,423 
8,423 

2 8, 722 
1 8, 536 
18,299 

2 10, 073 
1 8, 110 
1 7, 751 



1 7, 575 
1 6, .837 
1 6, 274 
' 6, 200 
1 5, 287 



1 Via Panama Canal. 



2 Via Strait of Magellan. 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



39 



Table No. 54. — New Orleans to European ports. 

Distances are via Southwest Pass; if South Pass is used, distance about 27 statute miles shorter; 1 nautical 
mile equals 1.151 statute miles.] 



New Orleans, La., to— 



ENGL.VND. 

Liverpool 

(Is ew York to Liverpool) . 

Birkenhead 

Bristol 

Lizard 

Plymouth 

Southampton 

Dover 

London 

Hull 

Newcastle 

SCOTL.\ND. 

Leith 

Dundee 

Kirkwall (Orknes) 

Glasgow 

(New York to Glasgow) . 

IRELAND. 

Belfast 

Dublin 

Queenstown 

(New York to Queens- 
town) 

Kinsale 

WALE.S. 

Swansae 

Cardiff 

SWEDEN. 

Stockholm 

Malmo 

Gothenburg 

NORWAY. 

Christiania 

Christ iansand 

Bergen 

(New York to Bergen) . . 

DENMARK. 

Copenhagen 

(New York to Copen- 
hagen) 

Aarhuus 

Esbjerg 

RUSSIA. 

Archangel 

Petrograd 

Riga 

Odessa 

Batum 

GERMANY. 

Danzig 

Stettin 

Hamburg 

(New York to Hamburg) 

Cuxhaven 

Bremerhaven 



Miles. 



Nautical. Statute 



4,573 
3,071 
4,573 
4,520 
4,464 
4,514 
4,620 
4,719 
4,8:^5 
4,908 
5,038 



5,230 
5, 238 
4,666 
4,486 
2,989 



4,580 
4,483 
4,333 

2,840 
4,300 



4,473 
4,513 



6,003 
5,475 
5,345 



5,390 
5,180 
5,269 
3,700 



5,400 

3,870 
5,379 
5,084 



6,834 
6,123 
5,940 
6, 739 
6,997 



5, 730 
5, 621 
5,110 
3,620 
5,060 
5,065 



5,266 
3,536 
5,266 
5,202 
5,138 
5,195 
5,320 
5,432 
5,568 
5,649 
5,801 



6,020 
6,029 
5,370 
3,442 
5,166 



5,272 
5,160 

4,986 

3,270 
4,949 



5,148 
5,194 



6,912 
6,300 
6,150 



6,203 
5,963 
6,064 
4,255 



6,218 

4,457 
6,202 
5,851 



7,865 
7,047 
6, 837 
7,748 
8,045 



6,595 
6,470 

5,881 
4, 169 
5,824 
5,830 



New Orleans, La., to— 



GERMANY— continued. 

Bremen 

Wilhelmshaven 

HOLLAND. 

Amsterdam 

Gravenhage (The Hague) 

Maassluis 

Rotterdam •. 

(New York to Rotterdam) 
Flushing 

BELGIUM. 

Antwerp 

(New York to Antwerp). 

FRANCE. 

Calais 

Havre 

(New York to Havre) 

Cherbourg 

Rochelle 

Bordeaux 

Cette 

Marseille 

(New York to Marseille). . 

PORTUGAL. 

Lisbon 

(New York to Lisbon)... 

SPAIN. 

Huelva 

Cadiz 

Gibraltar 

(New York to Gibraltar). . 

Valencia 

Barcelona 

ITALY. 

Genoa 

Naples 

(New York to Naples) 

Venice 

Palermo, Sicily 

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 

Trieste 

(New York to Trieste) 

Fiume 

Ragusa 

GREECE. 

Piraeus (Athens) 

(New York to Athens) . . . 

TURKEY IN EUROPE. 

Constantinople 

(New York to Constanti- 
nople) 

Fayal, Ozores 



Miles. 



Nautical. Statute 



5,100 
5,058 



5,200 
4,873 
4,839 
4,854 
3,329 
4,810 



4,854 
3,358 



4,720 
4,664 
3,164 
4,594 
4, 534 
4,600 
5,235 
5,262 
3,907 



4,365 
3,015 



4,535 
4,535 
4,569 
3,197 
4,930 
5,085 



5,429 
5,559 

4,187 
6,370 
5,469 



6,313 
4,890 
6,300 
6,073 



5,949 

4,577 



6,392 



5,020 
3,448 



5,873 
5,822 



5,985 
5,612 
5,570 
5,590 
Z,8U 
5,536 



5,587 
3,867 



5,433 
5,368 
3,644 
5,288 
5,219 
5,295 
6,025 
6,047 
4,499 



5,026 
3,472 



6,807 
6,807 
5,249 
3,6S1 
5,674 
5,843 



6,239 
6, 389 
4,821 
7,332 
6,295 



7,270 
5,631 
7,251 
6,990 



6,847 
5,283 



,348 



5,780 
3,970 



40 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN LOUISIANA. 



Table No. 55.— A^fy Orleins to Meiiterranean (south and east) African ports and 

Atlantic islands. 

[Route via Southwest Pass; If South Pass is used, distance is about 27 statute miles shorter. Draft through 
Passes of Mississippi River, about 30'feet.] 



New Orleans, La., via Southwest Pass to— 



From New Orleans 



Nautical 
miles. 



Statute 
miles. 



Statute miles from — 



New 
York. 



San Fran- 
cisco 



Liver- 
pool. 



Gibraltar, Spain 

Tangier, Morocco, Africa 

Algiers, Algieria , 

Tunis, Tunis 

Sfax, Tunis 

Tripoli, Tripoli 

Alexandria, Egypt 

Port Said, Suez Canal, Egypt 

Bierut, Turkey in Asia 

Smyrna, Turkey in Asia 

Constantinople, Turkey in Europe 

Aden, Arabia 

Zanzibar, Africa 

Mozambique, Africa 

Mauritius (Port Louis) 

Tamatave, Madagascar 

Port Natal (Durban), Africa 

Port Elizabeth, Africa 

Cape Town, Africa 

Loanda, Africa 

Kongo, Africa 

Lihrenlle, Africa 

Fernando Po, Africa 

Cape Coast Castle, Africa 

Monrovia, Africa 

Sierra Leone (Free Town), Africa 

ISLANDS IN SOUTH ATLANTIC. 

Funcal, Madeira Islands 

St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands 

Ascension Islands 

St. Helena Islands 



4,569 
4,569 
4,994 
.5, 447 
5,629 
5,687 
6,431 
6,494 
6,587 
6,241 
6,392 
2 7, 890 

2 9, 660 

3 9, 791 
3 9, 255 
3 9, 722 
3 9, .522 
3 8, 184 
3 7, 802 

7,367 
6,627 
6,507 
6,267 
6,207 
5,607 
4,940 
4,775 



3,954 
3,847 
5, 003 
5,671 



5, 249 
5,249 
5, 738 
6,264 
6,470 
6,536 
7,393 
7,466 
7,575 
7,174 
7,348 

2 9, 073 

2 11,117 

3 11,275 
3 10, 650 
3 11,195 
3 10, 950 

3 9,424 
3 8, 983 

8,483 
7,621 
7,493 
7,207 
7,138 
6,448 
5,685 
5,501 



4,541 
4,430 
5,761 
6,530 



3,681 
3,681 
4,170 
7,695 
4,902 
4,968 

5, 825 
5, 898 
6,007 
5,606 
5,780 

2 7, 505 

2 9, 549 
3 10, 685 
3 10, 060 
3 10, 605 
3 10, 360 

3 8,834 
3 8, 393 
3 7, 893 

6, 563 
6,426 
6,012 
5,956 
5,422 
4,626 
4,356 



3,161 
3,356 
5,127 
5,989 



1 8, 776 

1 8, 776 

1 9, 265 

' 9, 791 

1 9, 997 

1 10, 063 

1 10, 922 

1 10, 993 

1 11,102 

' 10, 701 

1 10, 875 

4 12, 600 
M4,644 
^14,152 
5 13, 577 

5 14,072 
= 13, 827 
5 12,301 
5 11,860 

11,360 
10,601 
10,473 
10,187 
10,118 

9,428 
■ 8, 665 

8,481 



8, 230 
7,550 
8,636 
9,405 



1,490 
1,490 
1,979 
2,505 
2,711 
2,777 
3,634 
3,707 
3,816 
3,415 
3,589 
2 5,314 

2 7, 358 

3 9, 793 
3 9,175 
3 9, 713 
3 9,468 
3 7,942 
3 7, 533 
3 7, 033 

5, 638 
5,500 
5,085 
5,029 
4,456 
3, 699 
3,429 



1,644 
2,844 
4,600 
5,230 



1 Via Panama Via Canal. 

2 Via Suez Canal. 

3 Via Cape of Good Hope. 



4 Via Panama Canal and Suez Canal. 

5 Via Cape of Good Hope and Panama Canal. 



Note. — San Francisco to Mauritius (Port Louis), 13,430 statute miles via Honolulu and Singapore; San 
Francisco to Cape Town, Africa, 16,080 miles via Honolulu and Sunda Straits. 

Table No. 56. — New Orleans to islands in the Pacific, Australia, and Asiatic ports, 
arranged in geographical order. 

(Comparative distances from New York, San Francisco, and Liverpool are by shortest route. Route is 
via Southwest Pass: if South Pass is used, distance is about 7 statute miles shorter. Draft through 
Passes of Mississippi River, about 30 feet.) 





From New Orleans. 


Statute miles from— 


New Orleans, La., via Southwest Pass to— 


Nautical 
miles. 


Statute 
miles. 


New 
York. 


San Fran- 
cisco. 


Liver- 
pool. 


ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC. 


1.5,264 
1 5, 924 
15,965 
/ ■ 1 6, 123 
t 2 13, 728 
1 6, 190 
16,533 
1 7, 126 
1 7,145 
17,148 
1 7, 391 
17,563 
1 7, 726 
17,877 


1 6,062 
16,819 
16,869 
1 7, 051 
2 15, 808 
1 7, 128 
17,523 
18,206 
1 8, 228 
18,231 
18,511 
1 8, 709 
1 8, 897 
19,071 


























17,718 


2,408 


1 10, 682 





































































Monuti Island, Gilbert Islands 


:::::::::::;:::;:;:; 





1 Via Panama Canal. 



2 Via Magellan Strait. 



TABLE OF DISTAXCES IN LOUISIANA, 



41 



Table No. 56.— New Orleans to islands in the Pacific, Australia, and Asiatic ports, 
arranged in geographical order — Continued. 



New Orleans, La., via Southwest Pass to— 



ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC— Continued. 



Wake Island 

Jaluit, Marshall Island 

Kusaie Island (Lollo Harbor), Caroline Islands 

Lgi Islands, Solomon Islands ■ 

Port Lloyd, Ogasawara Island 

Guam (Port Apra), Marianas 

Panama Canal and Balintang Channel . 

Manila, P. I.: 

Panama Canal, San Francisco, and Yokohama 

Suez Canal 

Cape of Good Hope .../...... V/.V 

Wellington, Xew Zealand: 

Panama Canal 

Cape Town .^. 

Suez Canal 

Magellan Strait 

Aukland, New Zealand < 

Sydney, Australia: 

Panama Canal 

Cape of Good Hope 

Suez Canal 

Hobart, Tasmania: 

Panama Canal 

Suez Canal '.'.'.'... 

Melbourne, Australia: 

Panama Canal. 



From New Orleans, 



Nautical 
miles 



Cape of Good Hope. 
Suez Canal . 



Adelaide, Australia: 

Panama Canal 

Cape of Good Hope .........VV. 

Suez Canal 

Vladivostok, Siberia (Panama Canal).. ..V....V.V. 

Hakodate, Japan 

Yokohama, Japan: 

Panama Canal 

Panama Canal and San Francisco 

Panama Canal and Honolulu .' . 

Suez Canal and Singapore 

Cape of Good Hope 

Shanghai, China: 

Panama Canal and Honolulu 

Panama Canal and San Francisco 

Panama Canal, Honolulu, and Yokohama... 

Suez Canal 

Cape of Good Hope 

Hongkong, China: 

Panama Canal 

Panama Canal, San Francisco, Yokohama, and 

Shanghai 

Suez Canal 

Cape of Good Hope . 

Singapore, China: 

Panama Canal 

Suez Canal \\'.\ 

Cape of Good Hope '.. 

Calcutta, India: 

Panama Canal and St. Bernardino Straits 

Suez Canal 

Cape of Good Hope. 

Madras, India: 

Panama Canal and St. Bernardino Straits. . . 

Suez Canal 

Cape of Good Hope 

Colombo, Ceylon : 

Panama Canal and St. Bernardino Straits . . 

Suez Canal 

Cape of Good Hope 

Bombay, India: 

Panama Canal and St. Bernardino Straits. . . 

Suez Canal 

Cape of Good Hope 



1 Via Panama Canal. 

8 Via Suez Canal. 

* Via Rarotonga Islands 



1 7, 669 
i'8.104 
18,-197 
>S,6S6 
I 9, 204 
I 9, ■126 
1 10, 785 

1 10,970 
12, 902 
14,392 

I 7, 943 ' 
14,639 
1.5, 773 
11, 760 
' 1 7, 950 

;9,112 
13,913 
15, 126 

1 9,245 

14, 488 

1 9, 366 
13, 443 
14,379 

I 9, 726 
13, 161 
14,072 
19,271 



1 9, 120 
1 9, 219 
19,517 
14, 924 
14,848 

1 10, 453 

110,070 

1 10, 558 

13, 742 

14, 249 

110,693 

111,112 
12, 986 
13, 397 

111,943 
11,600 
11,924 

1 13, 586 
11,244 

12,884 

113,517 
10, 598 
12, 109 

1 13, 533 

9,984 

11, 770 

1 14, 403 

9, 5.50 

12,001 



Statute 
miles. 



1 9, 177 
1 9, 332 
' 9, 785 
1 10, 003 
1 10. 599 
1 10, 855 
112,419 

1 12, 639 
14,8.57 
16,565 

•9,147 
16, 858 
IS, 151 
13, .54 2 
19,155 

1 10, 493 
16, 014 
17,410 

1 10,640 
16,629 

1 10, 785 
15,840 
16, 516 

111,194 

15, 148 

16,197 

110,676 

1 10, 198 

110,502 

1 10, 616 

110,959 

17,186 

17,090 

112,037 

,111,596 

1 12, 158 

15,825 

16,400 

112,244 

1 12, 796 
14,954 
15, 420 

i' 13, 7.53 
13,352 
13,713 

1 15, 645 
12,941 
14,829 

I 15,557 
12, 198 
13, 937 

1 15, 584 
11.497 
13,547 



1 16, 586 
10, 985 
13,813 



Statute miles from — 



New 
York. 



San Fran- 
cisco. 



Liver- 
pool. 



1 13,086 



I 9, 814 



11,160 



11,452 



5, 819 

7, 164 



3 6,825 



5 8, 056 



1 12, 557 
"i'il,'343 



111,169 



1 12, 825 



112,911 



8,627 
'5,' 263 



5,223 



6,204 



7,262 



1 14,420 

2 11,719 



2 11,319 



2 10,614 



2 9, 933 



8,467 



6 10, 251 



•10,251 



6 10, 298 



2 9, 427 



« 11,343 



< Other distances same as WelHngton. 
5 Via Apia (Samoan Islands). 
8 Via Singapore, China. 



2 11,129 



1 12, 778 



2 14,0.55 
1 14,262 



2 12, 764 
114, •,16 



2 12, 796 
"2 is,' 009 



2 13,413 



2 12, 215 



11,233 



2 9,503 



2 9, 164 



2 8,397 



2 7,717 



■ 7, 21s 



INDEX. 



A. 

Table No. 

Abbeville, La. , on Vermilion River 34 

Aden. Arabia 55 

African ports 55 

Alaskan ports, via Panama Canal 51 

Alexandria, La. , via Mississippi and Red Rivers 1, 47 

Alexandria, La., Red River near headwaters, via Bayous Boeuf and Courtableau 31 

Amite River, La. , tributary of Lake Maurepas 13 

Antwerp, Belgium 54 

Arkansas River and tributaries 46 

Arnaudville, La. , Bayou Teche to junction with Bayou Fusilier 30 

Ascension Islands 55 

Asiatic ports 55 

Atchafalaya River (upper) from Simmesport to Butte Larose 14 

Atchafalaya Riv^er (lower) from Morgan City to Gulf of Mexico 27 

Atchafalaya Bay ship channel 27 

Athens, Greece 54 

Atlantic ports (United States and Canadian) 50 

Australian ports 56 

B. 

Bahama Islands, West Indies 52 

Barataria Bay 24-25 

Barataria Bayeu 18-24 

Barrows Canal (Houma) 17-18 

Bartholomew Bayou, tributary of Ouachita and Red Rivers 47 

Battery Bienvenue 2 

Bay Natchez, portion of Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway 16 

Belfast and Irish ports 54 

Belle River, portion of Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway 16 

Bergen and Norwegian ports 54 

Berwick Bay, portion of Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway 16 

Black Bayou, Calcasieu River. 38 

Black Bayou , Houma-Morgan City route 33 

Black River, tributary of Red River 47 

Black River, tributary of Arkansas Ri^er ^ 46 

Black Warrior River via Mississippi River and Lake Borgne Canal 4 

Blood River, tributary of Tickfaw River, via New Basin or Lake Borgne 12 

Boeuf Bayou, tributary of Lake des Allemands 19 

Boeuf Bayou, Houma-Morgan City route 23 

Boeuf Bayou, tributary of Bayou Courtableau and joins Bayou des Glaises 26 

Boeuf Bayou, tributary of Bayou Courtableau 31 

Boeuf Bayou, tributary of Black and Red Rivers 47 

Boeuf Lake, tributary of Lake des Allemands 19 

Bogue Falia River from mouth of Chefuncte River, tributary of Chefuncte 

River 10 

Bonfouca Bayou, Lake Pontchartrain, via Mississippi River, Lake Borgne, and 

Rigolets 3 

Borgne Lake, via Lake Borgne Canal 2-3 

Borgne Lake via New Basin and Chef Menteur 5 

Borgne Lake via New Basin and Rigolets 6 

43 



44 INDEX. 

Table No. 

Bourg, junction of Company canal No. 2 with Bayou Terrebonne 17-18, 22 

Buenos Aires and Argentine ports 53 

Burrwood, La 1 

C. 

Cadiz and Spanish ports 54 

Calcutta, India 56 

Calcasieu Paver and Pass. La 38 

Cane Bayou (Whiskey Bayou) between Bayou Black and Bayou Terrebonne.. 22 
Canciencne Canal I'roiii Bayou Lafourche to Morgan City via Lake Palourde, 

Bayou Long, and Bayou Boeuf 21 

Cape Verde Islands •. 55 

Cardiff and Welsh ports 54 

Carondelet Canal via Bayou St. John 8 

Central American ports 52 

Ghef Menteur Pass via Lake Borgne Canal 2 

Chef Menteur Pass via New Basin and Chef Menteur 5 

Chefuncte River, tributary of Lake Pontchartrain 10 

Chene Bayou ( Houma-Morgan City route) 23 

Chevreuil Bayou, tributary of Lake Des Allemands 19 

Chinese ports 56 

Chopin Chute (portion of Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway) 16 

Cocodrie Bayou, tributary of Bayou Courtableau 31 

Colombo, Ceylon 56 

Colombian ports 53 

Constantinople. Turkey 54 

Copenhagen and Danish ports 54 

Costa Rica 52 

Courtableau Bayou, tributary of Atchafalaya River 31 

Co^nngton, La.. Chefuncte River 10 

Crowley, La. , Plaquemine Brule 37 

Cuban ports .- 52 

Cumberland Rivet, tributary of Ohio River. 42 

Current River, tributary of Black and Arkan.sas Rivers 46 

Cypress Island Pass, part of Atchafalaya River 15 

D. 

D'Arbonne Bayou, tributary of Ouachita River 47 

Des Allemands Bayou. Lake, and tributaries 19 

Des Cannes Bayou 36 

Des Glaises Bayou, from Simmesport to junction with Bayous Rouge. Huff- 
power, and Boeuf 26 

Donaldsonville. La., to points on Bayou Lafourche 20 

Donaldson ville. La. , via Mississippi River 1 

Drews Pass, part of Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway 16 

E. 

Ecuador ports 53 

European ports 54 

F. 

Field Lake (Company canal route, New Orleans to Houma) 17 

Flat T^ake, part of Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway ■. 16 

Fort Living.ston . Ijarataria route 24-25 

IFort Macomb, Chef ^lenteur Pass 2 

Fort Pike. Rigolets between Lake Borgne and Lake Pontchartrain 3 

Forts St. Philip and Jackson. La. , Mississippi River 1 

G. 

Glasgov,- and "Scotch ports 54 

Goddel, Big (part of Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway) 16 

Goddel, Lit tie impart of Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway) 16 



INDEX. 45 

Table No. 
(irand Isle (Barataria route) via Harveys Canal and Bayon Barataria, Rigo- 

lettes. Grand LalsC. Little Lake, and Barataria Bay 25 

Grand Lsle (Barataria route) from Harvey Canal via Bayou Barataria, Rigo- 

lettes. HarA-eys Cut-off. Lake Villere, Bayou Dennis, and Barataria Baj' 24 

Grand Lake (points on) from Butte Larose to Morgan ( 'ity via Little Atchafalaya, 

Bayou Larompe, Lake Mongoulois, Bayou Chene, and Lake Chicot 15 

Grand River (Grand Lake) from Butte Larose to Morgan City 15 

Grand River from Junction Bayou Plaquemine 1x3 Morgan City 14 

Grand River (Upper) from Butte Larose to junction Bayou Plaquemine 14 

Great Lake ports via Atlantic Ocean 50 

Grossetete Bayoti. tributary of Bayou Plaquemine 16 

Guam Islands 56 

Guatemala ports 52 

Guiana ports 53 

Gulf, Atlantic, 9,nd Great Lakes ports. L'nited States and Canada 50 

Gulf of Mexico, Panama and Pacilic ports of L'nited States and Canada 51 

H. 

Hakodate. Japan 56 

Hamburg and German ports 54 

Hanson Canal between Bayoti Teche and Bayou Portage 30 

Harvey. La. , entrance of Harvey Canal 18 

Havre and French ports. 54 

Hawaiian Islands (Honolulu) 56 

Honduras ports 52 

Hongkong, China 56 

Hope Villa. La. , on Bayou Manchac 13 

Houma. La. . Bayou Terrebonne 17-18, 22 

Houma to Morgan City via Barrows ("anal. Bayous Black, Chene, Huffpower, 

and Boeuf , tributary to Bayou Des Glaises 23-26 

I. 

Illinois River from Chicago to Mississippi River 43 

Intracoastal A\aterway (existing) Calcasieu River to Sabine River 32 

Intracoastal waterway ( existing) Morgan City to Sabine River 32 

Intracoastal waterway (recommended route) from Morgan City to Sabine River 

westward from New Orleans 35 

J. 

Japanese ports 56 

L. 

Lacombe Bayou, Lake Pontchartrain 3 

Lafayette, La. , on Vermilion River 34 

Lafourche Bayou from Donaldsonville to Gulf of Mexico 20 

Lake Arthur, La. , on Mermentau River 36 

Lake Charles, La. , on Calcasieu River 38 

L'Anguille River 45 

Larose, La., junction of Harvey Canal No. 2 with Bayou Lafourche 18 

Lisbon, Portugal 54 

Liverpool and English ports 54 

Lockport, La. , junction of Co.npany Canal No. 2 with Bayou Lafourche 17 

Long Bayou, portion of Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway 16 

Long Bayou from Bayou Lafourche to Morgan City 21 

Long Lake, Company Canal route New Orleans to Houma 17 

M. 

Macon Bayou, tributary of Tensas and Red Rivers 47 

Madeira Islands 55 

Manchac Bayou, tributary of Amite River 13 

Manchac Pass (see Pass Manchac) 13 

^landeville. La. , on Lake Pontchartrain 2-3, 7 

Manila, P.I 56 



46 INDEX. 

Table No. 

Martello Castle, on Bayou Dupre, Lake Borgne Canal route 2 

Maurepas Lake via Lake Borgne and Rigolets 3 

Maurepas Lake via Lake Borgne and Chef Menteur 2 

Maurepas Lake and tributaries via New Basin Canal 7 

Mediterranean (south and east) African and Atlantic Islands 55 

Melbourne, Australia 56 

Melville. La., via Mississippi River, Old River, and Upper Atchafalaya 14 

Mel\dlle. La., via Mississippi River, Plaquemine Bayou, Grand River, and 

Atchafalaya River 14-16 

Mermentau River and tributaries 36 

Mexican ports 52 

Midway Islands 56 

Mississippi River, New Orleans to Angola and Red River 1 

Mississippi River, New Orleans to Gulf of Mexico 1 

Mississippi River between Minneapolis, ilinn.. and New Orleans, La 40 

Mississippi Sound via Lake Borgne 4 

Mississipjji Sound via New Basin and Rigolets 6 

Missouri River and tributaries 44 

Monte\ddeo and Uruguay ports -. 53 

Morgan City, La., from New Orleans, La., via Harvey Canal No. 1, Bayous 
Barataria, Villars, Lake Salvador, Harvey Canal No. 2, Bayou Lafourche, 
Company Canal No. 2, Bayou Terrebonne, Barrows Canal, Bayous Black, 

Chene, and Boeuf 18 

Morgan City, La., from New Orleans, La., via Company Canal, Bayou Segnette, 
Lake Salvador, Bayou Lafourche, Company Canal No. 2, Bayou Terrebonne, 

Barrows Canal, Bayous Black, Chene, and Boeuf _ 17 

Morgan City, La., via Mississippi River, Old River, Upper Atchafalaya River, 

and Grand Lake 15 

Morgan City, La., via Mississippi River, Old River, Upper Atchafalaya, Grand 

River, and Flat Lake. 14 

N. 

Naples and Italian ports 54 

Natalbany River, tributary of Tickf aw River, via New Basin or Lake Borgne. . 2-7, 12 

New Iberia, La., on Bayoii Teche 30 

New Basin Canal 5-6, 7 

New Zealand '. 56 

Nicaragua ports 52 



O. 

Ohio River and tributaries , 42 

Old Basin (Carondelet Canal), Bayou St. John 8 

Old River, Atchafalaya River, and Grand River to Morgan City, La 14 

Orange, Tex., on Sabine River 39 

Ouachita River and tributaries of Black and Red Rivers 47 



Pacific Islands (Australian and Asiatic ports) 56 

Pacific ports, United States and Canada 51 

Palourde Lake, ijcom Bayou Lafourche to Morgan City, La 21 

Panama ports 53 

Pass Manchac, La., via New Ba.sin Canal 7 

Pass Manchac, La., via Lake Borgne and Rigolets 3 

Pass Manchac, La., via Lake Borgne and Chef Menteur 2 

Pearl River, Miss., and La., via New Basin or Lake Borgne Canal 3-4, 9 

Petrograd and Russian ports 54 

Philippine Islands - - - - 56 

Pigeon Bayou, from Grand River to Grand Lake, Plaquemine-Morgan City 

waterway 29 

Plaquemine, La., via Mississippi River 1, 16 

Plaquemine Bayou, from Plaquemine to junction with Grand River 16 

Plaquemine-Morgan City waterway 16 

Pointe a la Hache, La., via Mississippi River 1 



INDEX. 47 

Table No. 
Ponchatoula River, tributary of Natalbany River, \ia New Basin or Lake 

Borgne Canal 2-7, 12 

Pontchartrain Lake \T.a New Basin Canal 5-6 

Pontchartrain Lake and tributaries Ada New Basin Canal 7 

Pontchartrain Lake and points via Old Basin 8 

Pontchartrain Lake via Lake Borgne and Chef Menteur 2 

Port Barre, La., junction Bayou Teche and Bayou Courtableau 30 

Proctors Battery (shell beach) \ia Mississippi River and Lake Borgne Canal. . 2 

R. 

Red River and tributaries 47 

Rigolets (Lake Borgne) via New Basin Canal 6 

Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian ports 53 

Rotterdam and Holland ports 54 

Rouge Bayou 26 

S. 

Sabine River, Lake, and Pass 39 

Salvador Lake 17-18 

Samoan Islands 56 

■ Sandwich Islands 56 

Santiago and Cuban ports , 52 

Segnette Bayou, Company Canal route New Orleans to Houma 17 

Shanghai, China ■. 56 

Siberia (Vladivostok) 56 

Simmesport, La., via Mississippi River, Bayou Plaquemine, Grand River, and 

Upper Atchafalaya 14-16. 

Simmesport, La.. \ia Mississippi River, Old River, and Upper Atchafalaya. . . 14 

Singapore, Cliina 56 

South Pass, Mississippi River 1-49 

South American ports 53 

South Helena Islands 55 

Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, to Gulf of Mexico points west to Galveston. 48 
Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, to Gulf of Mexico east to Breton Sound, 
Chandleur Sound, Mississippi Sound, Lakes Borgne, Pontchartrain, and 

Maurepas 49 

Spanish Fort, mouth Bayou St. John, tributary to Lake Pontchartrain 8 

St. John Bayou 8 

Stockholm and Swedish ports 54 

St. Francis River 45 

Suez Canal 55 

Sunflower River, tributary of Yazoo River 41 

T. 

Tallahatchie River, tributary of Yazoo River 41 

Tangier, Morocco 55 

Tangipahoa River, tributary of Lake Pontchartrain, via New Basin or Lake 

Borgne Canal 11 

Teche Bayou from Morgan City to Port Barre 30 

Tennessee River, tributary of Ohio River 42 

Tensas River, tributary of Black and Red Rivers 47 

Tickfaw River, tributary of Lake Maurepas, via New Basin or Lake Borgne 

Canal , 2-3-7-12 

Tigre Bayou, tributary of Bayou Chevreuil and Lake Des Allemands 19 

Tombigbee River. Aia Lake Borgne and Mississippi Sound 4 

Trieste and Austrian ports 54 

V. 

Venezuela ports 53 

Vermilion River from mouth to Lafayette and Arnaudville 34 

Mouth of Vermilion River from Morgan City via Lower Atchafalaya River, 

Wax Bayou, and Vermilion Bay '. 33 

Villars Bayou 18 

Violet, La. , entrance Lake Borgne Canal 2 

Vladivostok, Siberia 56 



48 INDEX. 

w. 

Table No. 

Wake Islands 56 

Washington, La., on Bayou Courtableau 31 

Wellington, New Zealand 56 

West End New Basin Canal, tributary to Lake Pontchartrain 5 

Westwego, I>a. , entrance Company Canal with Mississippi River 17 

West Indies 52 

White River, tributary of Arkansas River 46 

Y. 

Yazoo River and tributaries 41 



TABLE OF CITIES, TOWNS, ETC. 



PART 1 

INDEX TO CITIES AND TOWNS ON MAP OF 
SOUTHERN LOUISIANA 

PART la 

INDEX TO WATERWAYS, ISLANDS, PARISHES, AND RAIL- 
ROADS ON MAP OF SOUTHERN LOUISIANA 



PART 1 

Index to cities and towns Pages 51 to 52, inclusive 

PART la 

Index to waterways Pages 59 to 65, inclusive 

Index to islands Page 66 

Index to parishes Pages 67 

Index to railroads Pages 68 



UNITED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, AUGUST 18, 1916 
To Accompany Map of Southern Louisiana, dated March, 1915 



49 



Part 1. 

CITIES AND TOWNS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 

[♦Parish seat.] 



Name. 



*Abbeville 

Abita Springs 

Aburn 

Acme 

Aey 

Addis 

Adeline 

Akers (Manchac 
Station). 

Albany 

Albemarle 

Alcazar 

*Alexandria 

Alfords 

Algiers 

Alice 

Allemands, des. . . 

Alliance 

Almadane 

Alsen 

Alton 

Ama 

Amelia 

Amesville 

*Ariiit£ 

Amos 

Anacoco 

Anandale 

Anchor 

Andrepont 

Andrew 

Angle 

Angola 

Ansela Butte 

April 

Arabi 

Arbroth 

Areola 

Ariel 

Arlington 

Amaudville 

Ashton 

AtchafalayaE i ver 

Avery Island 

Avoca 

Avondale 

Azema 

B. 

Bailey 

Bain (Wilcox 

post office). 
Baker 

Baldwin 

Bancker 

Bancroft 

Bankers 

Bannister 

Barataria 



Parish. 



Vermilion 

Si . Tammany. . 

Vernon 

Concordia 

Ascension 

West Baton 
Rouge. 

St. Mary , 

Tangipahoa 



Livingston 

Assumption 

St. Charles 

Rapides 

West Baton 

Rouge. 

Orleans 

West Feliciana.. 

St. Charles 

Plaquemines 

Vernon 

East Baton 

Rouge. 
St. Tammany. .. 

St. Charles 

St. Mary , 

Jefferson 

Tangipahoa 

St. Tammany. .. 

Vernon 

Rapides 

Pointe Coupee . , 

St. Landry 

Vermilion". 

Washington 

West Feliciana. . 

St. Martin 

Beauregard 

St. Bernard 

West Baton 

Rouge. 

Tangipahoa 

Lafourche 

East Baton 

Rouge. 

St. Landry , 

St. Mary 

St. Martin 

Iberia 

Assumption 

Jefferson , 

St. Martin , 



Tangipahoa 

West Feliciana. 



East Baton 
Rouge. 

St. Mary 

Vermilion 

Beauregard 

St. Martin 

Beauregard 

Jefferson 



Popu- 
lation. 



2,907 
365 



400 
.50 



200 

ii'2i3' 



512 
220 



1,500 
'"366 



300 



100 
300 



300 
300 



100 



300 
'356' 



700 



300 



Loca- 
tion. 



H-6 
P-4 
C-1 
I-l 
M-5 
K-4 

J-6 
0-4 

N-3 
M-6 
0-5 
G-1 
K-3 

P-6 
K-2 
0-6 
0-7 
C-2 
L-3 

Q-4 
0-6 
L-7 
P-6 
0-3 
Q-4 
C-1 
F-1 

k:-3 

H-3 
H-5 
Q-2 
.1-2 
1-4 
C-2 
P-6 
K-3 

N-2 
N-7 
I.-4 

1-4 
J-6 
J-4 
1-6 
1^6 
P-6 
1-5 



0-2 
K-2 

1^3 

J-6 
H-6 
B-3 

1-5 
B-3 
P-7 



Name. 



Barbreck 

Barham 

Barrow 

Barton 

Basile 

Bass 

Batchelor 

*B.4T0N Rouge.. 

Battery Bien- 
venue. 

Battle 

Baylor 

Ba "you Barbary . . 

Bayou Chene.."... 

Bayou Chicot 

Bayou Current. . . 

Bayou Goula 

Bayou Paul ( Iber- 
ville post office) 

Bayou Sale (Fos- 
ter post office). 

Bayou Sara 

Bay wood 

Bear 

Beaver 

Becnel 

Begg 

Belair 

Bell City 

Belle Alliance... 

Belle Chasse 

Belledean 

Belle Helene 

Belle Point 

Bellerose 

Belleview 

Bellevue 

Do 

Bells Store 

Bertie 

Bertrandville 

Berwick 

Bessie K 

Big Bend 

Big Cane 

Big Road 

Bijou (Echo post 
office). 

Bingen 

Black Hawk 

Blairston 

Blanks 

Blewett 

Blond 

Bluff Creek 

Bob Acres 

Boeuf 

Bogalusa 

Bohemia 

Bolivar 

Bolten 

Bon Air 

Bon Ami 



Parish. 



Popu- 
lation. 



St. Landry 

Vernon 

Rapides 

Ascension 

Evangeline 

East Baton 

Rouge. 
Pointe Coupee . . 
East Baton 

Rouge. 
St. Bernard 



East Feliciana. 
Beauregard. . .. 

Livingston 

St. Martin 

Evangeline 

St. Landry 

Iberville 

do 



St. Mary 

West Feliciana . . 
East Baton 

Rouge. 

Beauregard 

Evangeline , 

Plaquemines 

St. Landry 

Plaquemines 

Calcasieu 

Assumption 

Plaquemines 

Avoyelles 

Ascension 

St. John the 

Baptist. 

Assumption 

St. Landry 

Calcasieu 

Plaquemines 

East Feliciana. . 

Assumption 

Plaquemines 

St. Mary 

St. .Tam"es 

Avoyelles 

St. Landry 

Evangeline 

Rapides 



West Feliciana - 

Concordia 

East Feliciana . . 
Pointe Coupee... 

Beauregard 

St. Tammany. .. 
East Feliciana.. 

Iberia 

Assumption 

Washington 

Plaquemines . . . 

Tangipahoa 

Vernon 

Calcasieu 

Beauregard 



250 
14,900 



200 

'i,'i66' 



700 
300 



600 
350 
500 



350 
2,200 



250 



100 



11, 000 



Loca- 
tion. 



51 



52 



CITIES AXD TOWNS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



Name. 



Bond 

Bonfouca 

Booth 

Bordelonville. .. 

Boudreaux 

Bougere 

Bourg 

Boutte 

Bowie 

Braithwaite 

Branch 

Brandon 

Breaux Bridge.. 

Brelaud 

Brittany 

Brookdale 

Brockwaldt 

Brooks 

Brothers 

Broussard 

Brown 

Bruce 

Bruder 

Bruns 

Brusly 



Buckeye 

Buhler 

Bullion 

Bundick post 

oflice. 
Bundick Station 

Bunkie 

Buras 

Bui'bank 

Burbridge 

Burch 

Burke 

Burnside 

Burr Ferry 

Burrwood 

Burton 

Burtville 



Bush 

Bushville 

Butler 

Butte la Rose.. 



Cades 

Caernarvon 

Calcasieu 

Calumet 

* Cameron 

Camp Curtis 

Camperdown 

Caney 

Caneiand 

Canton.' 

Captain Jack 

Carencro 

Carlisle 

Carlyss 

Caroline 

Carson 

CarvMlle 

Castille .'... 

Catalpa 

Cataro 

Cecilia 

Cedar Grove 

Center Point 

Centerville 

Central 

Chacahoula 

Chalmette, Port. 
Chalmette Slip.. 
Chamberlin 



Parish. 



Chapepeela. 
Charenton . . 



Allen 

St. Tammany... 

Plaquemines 

Avoj'elles 

Terrebonne 

Concordia 

Terrebonne 

St. Charles 

Lafourche 

Plaquemines 

Acadia 

West Feliciana. . 

St. Martin 

Tangipahoa 

Ascension 

Washington 

Tangipahoa 

Pointe Coupee... 
West Feliciana. . 

Lafayette 

East Feliciana.. 

Rapides 

West Feliciana.. 

Iberville 

West Baton 
Rouge. 

Rapides 

Calcasieu 

Ascension 

Beauregard 



....do 

Avoyelles 

Plaquemines 

Assumption 

Plaquemines — 

Washington 

Iberia 

Ascension 

Vernon 

Plaquemines — 

St. James 

East Baton 

Rouge. 
St. Tammany. . 

St. Martin 

Plaquemines... 
St. Martin 



Popu- 
lation. 



Loca- 
tion. 



St. Martin 

Plaquemines 

Calcasieu 

St. Mary 

Cameron 

Beauregard 

St. Mary 

Vernon 

St. Mary 

Allen 

Plaquemines 

Lafaj'ette 

Plaquemines 

Calcasieu 

Iberia 

Beauregard 

Iberville 

.\cadia 

West Feliciana. . 

St. Landry 

St. Martin 

Plaquemines 

Avoyelles 

St. Mary 

Terrebonne 

do 

St. Bernard 

do 

West Baton 
Rouge. 

Tangipahoa 

St. Mary 



300 
300 



100 



1,500 



400 



2,000 
500 



250 
400 
150 



100 
150 



100 

'm 



300 



200 
125 



550 
'566 



150 
550 



F-3 
Q-5 
S-8 
I-l 
N-S 
J-1 
N-7 
0-6 
N-7 
Q-6 
G-4 
J-2 
1-4 
0-2 
M-5 
P-2 
0-4 
J -3 
K-2 
1-5 
L-2 
F-1 
K-2 
L-5 
K-4 

H-1 

C-4 
M-4 
D-3 

D-2 
H-2 
R-8 
L-5 
Q-7 
P-2 
1-5 
M-5 
C-1 
S-10 
M-5 
L-4 

Q-3 
1-4 

R-8 
J-1 



1-5 

q-6 
C-5 
K-7 
C-6 
C-3 
J-6 
C-1 
J-6 
F-3 
Q-7 
H-4 
Q-7 
C-5 
J-5 
C-3 
I--5 
H-4 
K-2 
H-3 
1-4 
P-6 
H-1 
K-6 
M-7 
M-7 
Q-6 
Q-6 
K-3 

0-3 
J-6 



Name. 



Parish. 



Charlotte 

Chataignier . . . 

Chauvin 

Chef Menteur . . 

Chenal 

Cheney ville 

Chesbrough 

Chiasson 

China 

Chinchuba 

Chipola 

Chloe 

Choupique 

Chula 

Church Point . 
Cinclare 



City Price ^(So- 
cbla Station). 

Claiborne 

Clarksdale 

Clarkville 

Clearwater 

Clifton 

>^ Clinton 

Clio 

Clotilda 

Cloverdale 

Coburn 

Cocoville 

Coe 

Colomb 

Colyell 

Comite 



Concession 

Contreas 

*C on vent 

Converse 

Coochie 

Cooper 

Cora 

Corbin 

Cornerview 

Cortableau 

Cossinave 

Cote Blanche 

Cottonport 

Cottonwood 

*C0VINGTON 

Cow Island 

Creole 

Crescent 

*Crowley 

Crasel 

Cutoff 

Cumnock 

Cypremort (Lou- 
isa post oflice). 

D. 



Daily 

Daisy 

Dakbur 

Darbonne (Mc- 

Adams post 

office). 

Darlington 

Darrow 

Davant 

Davids 

DeClouet 

Deerford 



Deer Range 

Delacroix 

Delcambre 

Denham Springs 

Dennis Mills 

Denson 

Derouen 

De Quincy 



Iberia 

Evangeline 

Terrebonne 

Orleans 

Pointe Coupee... 

Rapides 

Tangipahoa 

St. Landry 

JelTerson Davis.. 
St. Tammany... 

St. Helena 

Calcasieu 

....do 

Assumption 

Acadia , 

West Baton 

Rouge. 
Plaquemines — 



St. Tammany... 

Acadia 

Jefferson 

Evangeline 

Washington 

East Feliciana.. 

Livingston 

Lafourche 

Rapides 

Tangipahoa 

Avoyelles 

Acadia 

St. James 

Livingston 

East Baton 

Rouge. 
Plaquemines... 

St. Bernard 

St. James 

West Feliciana. 

Concordia 

Vernon 

do 

Livingston 

Ascension 

St. Landry 

Vermilion 

St. Mary 

Avo.velles 

Vemon 

St. Tammany.. 

Vermilion 

Cameron 

Terrebonne 

Acadia 

St. Martin 

Lafourche 

Washington 

St. Marv 



Popu- 
lation. 



250 



500 

450 



1,000 



400 



Vernon 

Plaquemines.. 

....do : 

St. Landry 



St. Helena 

Ascension 

Plaquemines 

Iberia 

St. Martin , 

East Baton 

Rouge. 
Plaquemines... 

St. Martin 

Iberia 

Livingston 

St. Helena 

Livingston 

Iberia 

Calcasieu 



2,600 



5,000 



207 



308 
500 



100 
'766" 



CITIES AND TO-WNS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



53 



Name. 



Parish. 



*De Ridder 

Des Allemands. 

Des Gliiise 

Deshotels 

Diamond 

Dido 

Dime 

Dolsen 



*D o N A I. D s ON- 

VILLE. 

Donner 

Dorcyville 

Dossiniin 

DouUut 

Doyle 

Dreyfus 

Dry Creek 

Du'hoin 

Dubuisson 

Diifhamp 

Duett 

Dukie 

Diuibar 

Duplessis (Wit- 
ten Station). 

Dupont 

Diirald 

Duson 

Dutch Town 

Dver 



Hoaurogard 

St. Charles 

ll)cvville 

Evani^eline , 

Plaquemines 

Vernon 

Plaquemines 

St. John the 

Baptist. 
Ascension 



Torrolionne. . . 

Iberville 

Evangeline 

Plaquemines. . 

Livingston 

Iberville 

Beauregard . . . . 

Iberia 

St. Landrv 

St. Martiii 

Beauregard . . . . 
Terrebonne. . . . 
St. Tammany.. 
-\srension..."-.. 



Popu- 
lation. 



E. 



Easton. 



Ebenezer 

Echo (Bijou Sta- 
tion). 
*Edgard 



Edgerl}' 

Edith , 

Edna v.. 

Egan 

Egbend.: 

Elba 

Elitown 

Elizabeth 

Elks 

EUendale 

Ellerslie 

Ellis 

Elmer 

Elm Park 

Elmwood 

Elton 

Emad 

Empire 

English Turn. 

Ennes 

Enon 

Eola 

Epney 

Erath 

Erwinville 



Fointe Coupee. 

Evangeline 

Lafayette 

Ascension 

Rapides 



Evangeline. 



.ieadia. . 
Rapides. 



Essen. 



Esther 

Estherwood. 

Estopinal 

Ethel 

Eunice 

Evangeline.. 

Evans 

Evart 

Evergreen... 

F. 

Falia 

Fanny 

Farwell 

Fayette | do 

Feitel ' St. James 



St. John the 

Baptist 

Calcasieu 

Beauregard 

Jefferson Davis . 

-A-cadia 

.\voyelles 

St. l^andry 

'\\'ashington 

Allen 

Lafayette 

Terrebonne 

St. Mary 

Acadia 

Rapides 

West Feliciana.. 

Vernon 

Jefferson Davis. . 

Allen 

Plaquemines 

do 

Beaiu-egard 

Washington 

Avoyelles 

Tangipahoa 

Vermilion 

West Baton 

Rouge. 
East Baton 

Rouge. 

Vermilion 

Acadia 

St. Bernard 

East Feliciana... 

St. Landry 

Acadia 

Vernon 

Beauregard 

Avoyelles 



Washington.. 
Plaquemines. 
Beauregard . . 



2,100 
500 



100 
300 
200 



Loca- 
tion. 



100 
250 



100 



250 
300 



200 



300 



550 



1,684 
400 
250 



300 



C-2 
0-6 
J-4 
H-3 
Q-7 
E-2 
R-7 
N-5 

'M-5 

M-7 
L-5 
G-2 
R-7 
N-3 
L-5 
D-3 
I-fi 
H-3 
1-5 
B-4 
N-8 
R-5 
M-4 

K-3 
F-3 
Pl-5 
M-4 

F-1 



G-5 

G-1 

N-5 

C-5 
D-3 
E-4 
F-5 
H-1 

1-2 
0-2 
E-2 
H-5 
M-7 
K-7 
G-5 
F-1 
K-2 
C-1 
F-4 
E-3 
R-8 
Q-G 
D-3 
P-3 
H-2 
0-3 
H-ti 
K-3 

L-4 

H-fi 
G-5 
Q-6 
L-2 
G-4 
F-o 
C-2 
C-4 
H-2 



P-3 
Q-7 
B-3 
D-3 

N-6 



Name. 



Felixville.. 

Fenris 

Fen ton 

Fields 

Florence.. . 
Florenville. 
Florissant. . 

Fluker 

Flynn 

Foley 

Folsom. - .. 
Fordoche. . 
Foreman. .. 



Fore.st Hill 

Fort Macomb 

Fort Jackson 

Fort Li\ingston.. 
Fort .^t. Philip... 

Fort Pike 

Foster (rai.road 

name B a v o u 

Salle). 

Fournet 

Frank 

*Franklin 

*Frank!inlon 

Fred 



Free'.and 

Frellsen 

French Settle- 
ment. 
Frenier 



Frey 

Fricke. . . 

Frisco 

Frozard . . 
Fulda.... 
FuUerton. 
Fulton... 
Fusilier . . 



G. 



Galloway . . . 

Galvez.. 

Garden City 
Gardere. .. .. 



Garland. . 

GnrynUle . 



Gates 

Gayoso 

Geary 

Gecko 

Ged 

Geismar 

G^nessee 

Gheens 

Gibson 

Gilead 

Gillis 

(ilencoe 

Glenmora 

Glenwild 

GhTin 

Godchaux 

Cola 

Gold Dust 

Golden Meadow. 

Gonzales 

G oodbee 

Gordon 

(ioudeau 

Grab6w 

Gramercy 

Grand Chenier. . 
Grand Coteau... 

Grand Isle 

Grand Lake 

G range ville 



Parish. 



East Feliciana. 

Evangeline 

Jefferson Davis 

Beauregard 

Vermilion 

St. Tammany. . 
St. Bernard.". . , 

Tangipahoa 

St. Landry 

Tangipahoa 

St. Tammany. . 
Point e Coupee.. 
F ast Baton 
Rouge. 

Rapides 

Orleans 

Plaquemines. . . 

do 

do 

Orleans 

St. Marv 



St. Martin 

Washington 

St. Mary 

Washington 

i ast I', a t o n 

Rouge. 
West Fe'iciana. 

St. Charles 

Livingston 

St. John the 
Baptist. 

Acadia , 

Washington 

Pointe Coupee. . 

St. Landry 

West Feliciana. 

Vernon 

Beauregard 

St. Landrv 



St. Tammany. . 
."Ascension.. .. . . 

St. Mary 

Fast Baton 

Rouge. 

St. Landry 

St. John the 

Baptist. 

Livingston 

Lafourche 

Ascension 

St. Martin 

Calcasieu 

A scension 

Tangipahoa 

I/afourche 

Terrebonne 

Fast Feliciana... 

Calcasieu 

St. Mary 

Rapide-s 

St. Mary ' 

Pointe Coupee . . 

Lafourche 

Beauregard 

Avoyelles 

Lafourche 

Ascension 

St. Tammany. . . 
Beauregard .".... 

Avoyelles 

Beauregard 

St. James 

Cameron 

St. Landry 

Jefferson 

Cameron 

St. Helena 



Popu- 
lation. 



100 
200 



120 

200 



4,000 
VOO 



1,238 



100 
^20 



1,050 



100 



.520 
620 
519 
420 



175 
100 
400 
350 



Loca- 
tion. 



M-2 
G-3 
E-4 
B-3 
F-6 
Q-4 
R-6 
N-2 
H-3 
0-3 
P-3 
J-3 
L-4 

F-1 

g-5 

S-8 
Q-8 

s-8 
Q-5 
K-7 



1-4 
P-2 

J-6 
P-2 
L-3 

K-2 
0-6 
M-4 

0-5 

G-4 
P-2 
J-3 
H-4 
K-2 
E-2 
D-3 
G-3 



P-3 

M-4 
K-6 
L-4 

H-3 

N-5 

AI-4 
0-7 
L-5 

1-4 
B-5 
1^5 
0-3 
0-7 
M-7 
M-2 
D-4 

J-6 
F-2 
K-7 
K-3 
N-7 
B^ 
H-2 
P-8 
M-5 
P-4 
C^4 
H-2 
C-2 
N-5 
E-6 
H-4 
P-9 
C-6 
M-a 



54 



CITIES AND TOWNS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



Name. 



Grant 

Grav 

Greenlaw 

*Greensbnrg 

G r e e n w e 1 1 
Springs. 

Greenwood 

*Gretna 

Grosse Isle 

Grosse Tete 

Oueydan 

Gullett 

Gum 

Gurlev 

Guy 

Guzman 



Parish. 



H. 



Haasville 

Haekberry 

Haolcle • 

*Hahnville 

Hall 

Hamburg 

Ham'iiond 

Hammous 

Hampton. 

Hansom City. . . 

Happy Jack 

Haralian 

Hardsiiell 

Harelson 



Allen 

Terrebonne 

Tangipahoa 

St. Helena 

Kast Baton 

Rouge. 
Plaquemines — 

JelTerson 

Vermilion 

Iberville 

Vermilion 

Tangipahoa 

Rapides 

East Feliciana. . 

Allen 

St. Tammany. . 



Harlem 

Hart ( H y m e r s 

Station). 

Harvels Mill 

Harvey 

Hawthorn 

Hayes 

Head of Island . . 

Hecker 

Helenburg 

Henderson 

Hennes>- 

Henry 

Herrditage 

Hessmer 

Hester 

Hicks 

Hillsdale 

Hineston 

Hobart 

Hohen Solms 

Holden 

Holmwood 

Holton 

Homeplace 

Honey Island 

Hoods 

Hope Villa 

Hornbeck 

Houltonville 

*HOUMA 

Houston 

Hoy 

Humphreys 

Husser 

Hutchinson 

Hygeia 

Hymers (Hart 

post office). 

I. 

Iberville post 
office (Bayou 
Paul Station). 

Ikes 

Independence 

Indian Bayou 

Indian Mound.. . 



A voyelles 

Cameron 

Washington 

St. Charies 

Livingston 

Avoyelles 

Tangipahoa 

Vernon 

Allen 

Jefferson 

Plaquemines... 

Jefferson 

Vernon 

East K a t o n 

Rouge. 
Plaquemines. . . 
Vernon 



Popu- 
lation. 



St. Helena 

Jefferson 

Vernon 

Calcasieu 

Livmgston 

Calcasieu 

St. Tammany. . . 

St. Martin 

Washington 

\'ermiliou 

Poiute Coupee. . 

A voyelles 

St. James 

Vernon 

St. Helena 

Rapides 

Ascension 

do 

Ijivingston 

Calcasieu 

Tangipahoa 

Plaquemines — 
St. Tamman3^ . 

do 

.Ascension 

Vernon 

St. Tammany. . 

Terreljonne 

Allen 

•Beauregard 

Terrebonne 

Tangipahoa — 
Jefferson Davis 
St. Tammany. . 
Vernon 



Iberiille. 



Loca- 
tion. 



3,500 



520 

1,100 

200 



120 
500 



3,000 



140 



100 
400 
200 



310 
320 
100 



160 

ioT 
"m 



360 
5,000 



Beauregard 110 

Tangipahoa 1,004 

Vermilion 

East Baton 

Rouge. I 



E-2 
M-7 
0-2 
N-2 
L-3 

Ci-6 
P-6 
H-6 
K-4 
F-5 
0-3 
F-1 
L-2 
F-3 
Q-5 



H-2 
C-6 
P-2 
0-6 
M-3 
I-l 
0-3 
D-1 
F-3 
0-6 
R-7 
P-6 
D-1 
L-4 

Q-7 
C-1 

M-2 
P-6 
C-1 
E-5 
N-4 
D-4 
P-4 
1-4 
0-2 
H-6 
K-3 
H-1 
M-5 
E-1 
N-3 
E-1 
M-4 
L-5 
N-3 
D-5 
0-2 
R-8 
R-4 
P-3 
M-4 
C-1 
P^ 
N-7 
E-3 
D-2 
M-7 
0-3 
F-4 
Q-4 
C-1 



L^ 



D-2 
0-3 
H-5 
L-3 



Name. 



Indian Village. 

Innis 

Iota 

Iowa 

Iowa Junction. 
Irene 



Irish Bend . 

Isabel 

Island 

Isle Labbe. 
Ithra 



J. 

Jack 

Jackson 

Jackson Road. 

Jacoliy 

Jarreau 

Jeanerelte 

Jelks 

Jenkins 

* Jennings 

Jesuit Bend... 
Johnson 



Parish. 



Johnsons Bayou. 

Jones Bluff 

Juanita 

Julia 

Jimior 



K. 



Kahns. 



Iberville 

Pointe Coupee. . 

Acadia 

Calcasieu 

Jefferson Davis. 
East Baton 

Rouge. 

St. Mary 

Washington 

Pointe Coupee. . 

St. Martin 

West Baton 

Rouge. 



St. Helena 

East Feliciana. . 

do 

Pointe Coupee. . 

do 

Iberia 

Acadia 

Washington 

Jefferson Davis. 
Plaquemines... 
St. John the 
Baptist. 

Cameron 

Calcasieu 

Beauregard 

Washington 

Plaquemines... 



West Baton 
Rouge. 

Vermilion 

St. Charles 

St. Mary 



Kaplan 
Kassel . 
Katy... 

Kedron ' St. Helena 

Kenner I Jefferson , 

Kents Store East Feliciana. . 

Keniwood I Tangipahoa 

Kessler I .Assumption 

Killian I Livingston 

Killona 1 St. Charles 

Kinder t Allen 

Kipling I Beaiuegard 

Kleinpeter I East Baton 

Rouge 



Popu- 
lation. 



Kleinwood . 
Klotzville. . 
Konstanz . . 



.'Lvoyelles 

Assumption 

East Baton 

Rouge. 
Lafourche. 



Kramer 

Krotz Springs j St. Landry 

L. 



Labadieville 

La Branche 

Lacassine (Rice 
post office). 

Lacombe 

Lacour 

♦L.VFAYETTE 

Lafitte 

Lafourche Cross- 
ing. 

Lagan 

Lake Arthur 

Lake Bridge 

Lake Brignac 

Lake Cat heriue... 
*I..AKE Charles. 

Lakeland 

Lakeside 

Lamothe 

Lamom"ie 

La Pice .^ 

Laplace 



La Reusitte . 

Larose 

Latanier 



Assumption 

St. Charles 

Jefferson Da->Ais. 

St. Tammany. . . 
Pointe Coupee . . 

Lafayette 

Jefferson 

Lafourche 



St. James 

Jefferson Davis. 

Terretaoime 

Ascension 

Orleans 

Calcasieu 

Pointe Coupee . . 

Cameron 

Rapides 

do 

St. James 

St. John the 
Baptist.' 

Plaquemines 

Lafourche 

Rapides 



800 
105 



160 



2,140 



280 

520 

2,206 



3,900 
250 



100 
"326' 



315 



1,253 



3,609 



635 



620 



6,400 
'"536" 



1,093 



11, 500 
120 
220 



175 
'326" 



200 



CITIES AND TOWNS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



55 



Name. 



Lauderdale 

Do 

Laurel HiU 

Laurents 

Lawrence (Mag- 
nolia Station). 

Lawtell 

Leander 

Lebeaii 

Le Blanc , 

Lecompte 

Lee , 

Lees Creek 

*Lee<'Bille 

Lee -ille 

Lesoiiier 

Leleux 

Leon -ille 

Leroy 

Lettsworth 

Levert 

Lewisburg 

Do.... 

Lewiston 

Lily 

Lindsay 

Lions 



Little Woods. 

Live Oak 

Do 

Liverpool 

Livonia 

Lobdell 



Lockport 

Lone Pine 

Lonsf Bridge 

Loncleaf 

Longville 

Lookout 

Loranger 

Loraauville 

Lorraine 

Lottie 

Louisa (Cypre- 
mort Station). 

Lowry 

Loze 

Loyd 

Lucas 

Lucy 



Ludington . 

Luling 

Lutcher 

Lydia 

M. 



Parish. 



Jefferson Davis. 

St. James 

West Feliciana. . 

Vermilion 

Plaquemines 



St. Landry 

Vernon..." 

St. Landry 

-Men ". 

Rapides 

Orleans 

Washington 

Vernon 

Tjafoiu'che 

Pointe Coupee. 

Vermilion 

St. Landry 

Vermilion 

Pointe Coupee. 

St. Martin 

St. Landry 

St. Tammany.. 

Tangipahoa 

St. James 

East Feliciana. 
St. John the 

Baptist. 

Ojreans 

Li\-ingston 

Plaquemines. . . 

St. Helena 

Pointe Coupee. 
West B a t o n 

Rouge. 

Lafourche 

Evarigeline 

Avoyelles 

Rapides 

Beauregard 

St. Helena , 

Tangipahoa 

Iberia 

Tangipahoa 

Pointe Coupee.. 
St. Mary 



Popu- 
lation. 



McAdam (Dar- 
bonne Station). 

McCall 

McCrea 

McEHmoghvilU . . . 

McElroy 

McGehee 

McKinley 

McManus 

McNary 

McNutt 

Macland 

Madhonville 

Magda 

Magnolia 



Magnolia (Law- 
rence post office. 

Mallard Junction. 

Mamou 

Manchac (Akers 
post office). 

Manchester 

Mandeville 

Manila Village . . . 



Jefferson Davis. 

Iberia 

Rapides 

Calcasieu , 

St. John the 
Baptist. 

Beauregard 

St. Charles 

St. James 

Iberia 



St. Landry. 



Ascension 

Pointe Coupee . . 

Jefferson 

Ascension 

WestFeliciana.. 
East Feliciana... 

do 

Rapides 

do.. 

St. Landiy 

St. Tammany... 

Rapides 

East Baton 

Rouge. 
Plaquemines 



Calcasieu 

Evangeline.. 
Tangipahoa. 



Calcasieu 

St. Tammany. 
Jefferson 



150 



1,058 



2, 04.3 



320 



700 
130 
510 
320 



291 



1,580 



Loca- 
tion. 



2,610 



100 
125 



1,038 



170 



1,170 



E-4 
M-5 
K-2 
F-5 
Q-7 

H-3 
E-1 

1-3 
E-4 
G-l 
Q-5 
Q-3 
C-1 
P-8 

1-2 
G-5 

1-4 
H-5 

J-2 

1-5 
H-4 
P-4 
0-2 
M-5 
L-2 
N-5 

Q-5 
M-3 

P-6 
N-2 

J-3 
K-1 

N-7 
G-2 

1-2 
I'^-l 
D-3 
N-2 
0-3 

J-5 
0-4 

J-3 

1-6 

E-6 
1-5 
G-2 
B-4 

N-6 

C-2 
0-6 
N-5 
1-6 



1-3 

L-6 
1-2 
P-6 
M-5 
K-2 
1^2 
L-2 

r-2 

F-1 
H-3 
P-4 
G-l 
L-3 



D-5 
G-3 
0-4 

D-5 
P-4 
Q-8 



Name. 



Manske 

Mansura 

Marcel 

Marie 

Marion 

Marioni^ouil 
Mark 



Markee 

* Marksville 

Marston 

Martello Castle 
(Tower Dupre), 

Matthews 

Maud 

Maurepas 

Maurice 

Maxis 

Maxwell 

Mayer 



Meekers 

Melder 

Melville 

Meridian 

Mermenteau . 

Merraux 

Merry ville.. . 

Micheaud 

Midland 

Mike 

Miles 

Millersville... 

Millford 

Millaudon 

Mlldale 



Parish. 



Milnburg 

Milton 

Minerva 

Mix 

Moberly 

Modeste 

Mo?ling 

Moncla 

Montegut 

Montpelier 

Montz 

Moorland 

Morbihan 

Moroauville. .. 
MoRG.^N City. 

Morganza 

Morley 



Morris Retreat.. 

Morrow 

Morse 

Moss Bluff 

Mossville 

Mount Airy 



Mount Hermon . 
Mount Pleasant . 



Mount Point 

Mowata 

Mulvey (Wright 
post'office). 

Munsons 

Murdock 

Murphy 

Myrtle Grove 

Mystic 

N. 

Nairn 

Naples 

* Napoleonville 

Napton 



Natalbany . 

Neale 

Neame 



Waslungton 

Avoyelles 

Iberia 

Tangijjahoa 

Calcasieu 

Iberville 

West B a t on 
Rouge. 

Vernon 

Avoyelles 

Washington 

St. Bernard 



Lafourche 

St. Tammany. . . 

Livingston 

Vermilion 

Acadia 

I>ivingston 

St. Helena 

Vernon 

Rapides 

do 

St. Landry 

Evangjline 

Acadia 

St. Bernard 

Beauregard 

Orleans 

Acadia 

Washington 

Ascension 

Acadia 

Rapides 

St. Bernard 

East Baton 

Rouge. 

Orleans 

Lafayette 

Terrebonne 

Pointe Coupee. . 

St. Charles 

Ascension 

Allen i 

Avoyelles 

Terrebonne i 

St. Helena 

St. Charles 

Rapides 

Iberia 

Avoyelles 

St. Mary 

Pointe Coupee. . 
West Baton 

Rouge. 

Tangipahoa 

St. Landry 

Acadia 

Calcasieu 

....do 

St. John the 

Baptist. 

Washington 

East Baton 

Rouge. 

Washington 

Acadia 

Vermilion 



Popu- ijLoca- 
lation. tion. 



Assumption.. 
Tangipahoa . . 

Iberia 

Plaquemines. 
Beauregard. . 



Plaquemines 

Avoyelles 

Assumption 

St. John the 
Baptist. 

Tangipahoa 

Beauregard 

Vernon 



160 
700 



450 



150 
160 



1,093 



323 



728 

5,500 

300 



140 
240 



160 



100 



Q-2 
H-1 

1-6 
0-2 
D-4 

J-4 
K-4 



D-2 

1,066 H-1 
Q-2 
Q-6 



N-7 
Q-4 
N-4 
H-5 
G-4 
N-4 
N-3 
D-1 
G-l 
F-1 
1-3 
G-2 
F-5 
Q-2 
B-3 
Q-5 
F-5 
P-2 
M-5 
F-4 
F-1 
Q-6 
L-3 



P-5 
H-5 

M-7 
J-3 
0-6 
L-5 
E-3 
H-1 
N-8 
N-3 
0-5 
G-l 
1-5 
I-l 
L-7 
J-3 
K-4 

0-3 
H-2 
G-5 
D-4 
C-5 
N-5 

0-2 
K-3 

P-2 
G-4 
G-6 

L-6 
0-2 
J-6 
Q-7 
C-3 



R-8 
325 1 I-l 
1,201 L-6 
0-5 



0-3 
C-2 
C-2 



56 



CITIES AND TOWNS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



Name. 



Neita 

Neptune 

Nero 

Nesom 

Nestor 

Nettie (Prairie- 
ville post office). 

New Home 

New Iberia 

NewlLn 

*New Orleans. . . 

*A'ew Roads 

Nezpique 

Nicholls 

Nicks 

Nitram 

Nona 

North Shore 

North Slidell 

Norwood 

Nott 

Nunez 



O. 



Oakdale 

Oaklawn 

Do 

Oaknolia 

OakvOle 

♦Oberlin 

Odell 

Odenburg 

Oldfield 

Olevier 

Olga 

Olive Branch. 

Olivier 

OIlie 

Oneida 

Onvil 

*Opdoiisas. . . . 
Orange Farm . 

Oretta 

Osborn .. .. 

Oscar 

Osceola 

Ossun 

Ostrica 

Otis 

Otts Mills 

Oxford 

Oysterville 

Ozone Park... 



Parish. 



St. Landry 

Plaquemines.. 

East Feliciana. 
Plaquemines. . 
Ascension 



St. Bernard 

Iberia 

Beauregard 

Orleans 

Pointo Coupee. . 

Acadia 

Plaquemines 

Avoyelles 

Veriion 

....do 

St. Tammany . . . 

do 

East Feliciana... 
St. Tammany... 
Vermilion 



7,500 

210 

339, 075 

1,352 



Allen 

St. Tammany.. 
St. Mary....."... 
East Feliciana. 
Plaquemines... 

Allen 

St. Helena 

.\voyelles 

Livingston 

St. Bernard 

Plaquemines... 
East Feliciana. 

Iberia 

Plaquemines... 

St. James 

St. Tammany. . 

St. Landry 

Plaquemines... 

Beauregard 

Rapides 

Pomte Coupee . 

Tangipahoa 

Lafayette 

Plaquemines... 

Rapides 

Livingston 

St. Mary 

Plaquemines... 
St. Tammany.. 



P. 

Paincourtville 

Palmetto 

Paloma 

Paradis 

Parcperdue 

Parks 

Pasman 

Patin 

Patoutville 

Patterson 

Paulina 

Pawnee 

Pearl 

Pearl River 

Pecan Grove 

Pecan Island 

Perkins 

Perry 

Pfalzheim 

Philips Bluff. . . . 

Phoeni.x 

Pickering 

Pico 

Biletle 

Pilottown 

Pine 



Assumption 

St. I/andry 

East Feliciana. 

St.. Charles 

Iberia 

St. Martin 

Washington 

St. Martin 

Iberia 

St. Mary 

St. James 

Allen 

do 

St. Tammany. . 

St. Charles 

Vermilion 

Calcasieu 

Vermilion 

St. Tammany.. 

Allen 

Plaquemines... 

Vernon 

Washington 

I^afayette 

Plaquemines . . . 
Washington.. . 



Popu- 
lation. 



260 



825 



4,623 



110 



575 
115 



210 
'356' 



129 

3,000 

100 

100 



277 
225 



120 
760 



Loca- 
tion. 



Name. 



1-2 
S-8 
Q-7 
M~2 
R-8 
M-4 

Q-6 
1-5 
C-3 
P-6 
K-3 
F-4 
R-8 
H-1 
E-2 
B-l 
Q-5 
Q-4 
L-2 
P-4 
H-6 



F-2 j 

Q-4 

K-6 

M-2 

P-6 

F-3 

M-2 

1-2 
M-3 
Q-6 \ 

S-8 
1,-2 

1-6 
P-7 
M-5 
P-3 
H-3 
R-8 
C-3 
F-2 
K-3 
0-3 
H-4 
R-8 
F-1 
N-3 
K-6 
T-9 
P-4 



L-6 

1-3 
K-3 
0-6 

1-5 

1-5 
P-2 

1-4 

J-6 
K-7 
N-5 
F-2 
D-4 
Q-4 
0-6 
G-7 ' 

C-4 
H-6 
P-3 
E-4 
Q-7 
D-1 
P-2 
H-5 
T-9 
P-2 



Pinecliff 

Pine Grove 

Pine Prairie 

Pinevillc 

Pmewood 

Pitkin 

Pitreville 

Plain view 

Plaisance 

*P!cqiumine 

Plattenville 

Plaucheville 

Plettenburg 

Point Bleu 

*Pointeala 
Plache. 

Pointe Celeste 

Pointe Coupee . . . 

Foley 

Ponchatoula 

Popeville 

*Port Allen 



Parish. 



Port Barre 

Port Barrow 

Port Chahnette . . 

Port Eads 

Port Hickey 



Port Hudson 

Port Vincent 

Potash 

Poufette 

Powell 

Poydras 

Prairieville (Net- 
tie Station). 

Premo 

Pride 



Washington 

St. Helena 

Evangeline 

Rapides 

Vernon 

do 

St. Landry 

Livingston 

St. Landry 

Iberville. ." 

Assumption 

Avoyelles 

West Feliciana. 

Evangeline 

Plaquemines... 



do 

Pointe Coupee. . 

Livingston , 

Tangipahoa 

Washington 

West Baton 

Rouge. 

St. Landry , 

Ascension , 

St. Bernard 

Plaquemines 

East Baton 

Rouge. 

do 

Livingston 

Plaquemines. . . 

Iberia 

West Feliciana. 

St. Bernard 

A.sceiision 



Prien 

Proctors Landing 
Promised Land. . 
Puckett 

Pujo 



Cameron 

West Baton 

Rouge. 

Calcasieu 

St. Bernard 

Plaquemines 

East Baton 

Rouge. 
Beauregard 



Quarantine. 
Quinton 



Plaquemines... 
Pointe Coupee . 



R. 

RaccQurci 

Raceland 

Raceland Junc- 
tion. 

Ragley 

Ramah 

Ramos 

Ramsay 

Rapides 

Ratliff 

Ravenswood 

Pavne 

Rebecca 

Reda 

Red Bluff 

Redcross 

Redden 

Red Fish 

Redlich 

Reedton 

Reeves 

Regpio 

Remy 

Rena 

Reserve 



do 

Lafourche. 
do 



Popu- 
lation. 



Rexmere. . , 
Rhineland. 

Rhoda 

Rhodes 



Beauregard 

Iberville 

St. Mary 

St. Tammany... 

Rapides ". ... 

Assumption 

Point Coupee. . . 

Acadia 

Terrebonne 

Evangeline 

St. Tammany. . . 
Point Coupee . . . 

Evangeline 

Avoyelles 

Acadia 

Evangeline 

Allen 

St. Bernard 

St. James 

Vernon 

St. Johnthe 
Baptist. 

Avoyelles 

Acadia 

St. Mary 

Iberville 



1,200 



160 



5,000 
450 
380 



525 



1,055 



800 

600 
825 
500 
200 



370 
340 
260 



258 



100 
550 



260 
425 



2,247 



100 



260 



300 



100 



400 



160 



CITIES AND TOWNS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



57 



Name. 



Itice (Lacassine 
Station). 

Riceville 

Richardson 

Richland 

Richland Hill.... 

Riddle 

Ridge 

Rigolets 

Rio 

Roanoke 

Robert 

Robin 

Roger 

liogillioville 

Rosa 

Rosedale 

Rose Hill 

Roseland 

Rosepine 

Kossignol 

Kost 

Rousseau 

Ruby 

Ruddock 



Parish. 



Jefferson Davis. 



Ruth 

Rynella 

Sackett 

St. Amant 

St. Amelia 

St. Benedict 

*St. Bernard 

St. Clair 

*St. Francisville.. 

St. Gabriel. 

St. James 

St. Landry 

*St. Martinville... 

St. Mary 

St. Patrick.. 

St. Rose 

St.Tammanv 

Salix "..... 

Salt Mine 

Sarpy 

Sartori 

Satsuma (Staf- 
ford Station) . 

Savoie 

Savoy 

Scanlon 

Scarsdale 

Schley 

Schriever 

Schwab 

Scotland 



Vermilion 

Washington 

Rapides 

East Feliciana. . 
West Feliciana.. 

I^afayette 

Orleans 

Washington 

Jefferson Davis.. 

Tangipahoa 

St. Landry 

Lafourche 

West 1-eliciana. 

St. Landry 

Iber\ille 

\ erniilion 

Tangipahoa 

\ ernou 

( alcasieu 

St.! harles 

Lafourcl.e 

Rapides 

St. Joim the 
. J3aptisl. 

St. Martui 

Iberia 

St. Landry 

Ascension 

St. James 

St. Tammany... 

St. Bernard 

Plaquemines 

West Feliciana.. 

Iberville 

St. James 

Evangeline 

St. Martin 

St. Jamc^ 

do 

St. (harles 

St. Tammany... 

St.t harles 

Iberia 

St.( harles 

Rapides 

Livingston 



Scott 

Seabrook 

Seale 

Sebastopol . . . 
Second Lake . 

Segura 

Sellers 

Seymourville. 

Shadyside 

Sharp 



Shaw 

Shell I?eac!i . 

Sheridan 

Shiloh 

Shrewsbury. 
Shuteston.". . 

Siebert 

Siegen 



Simmesport. 

Simmons 

Simpson 

Singer 

Slaughter . . . 



Plaquemines 

St. Landry 

Tangipahoa 

Plaquemines 

\ ernon 

Terrebonne 

Point Coupee. . . 
East Baton 

Rouge. 

Lafayette 

Orleans 

Beauregard 

St . Bernard 

St. Landry 

Iberia 

St . < harles 

Iber\ ille 

St. Mary 

East Baton 

Rouge. 

Concordia 

St. Bernard 

Washinf'.ton 

Ta.n;;ipahoa 

Jefferson 

St. Landry 

Point ( oupee . . . 
East Baton 

Rouge. 

A voyelles 

Alleii ■.. 

Vernon 

Beauregard 

East Feliciana. . 



Popu- 
lation. 



100 
319 



260 



440 
"586 



160 
275 



600 
380 

1,000 
768 
650 
223 

2,318 



260 
235 
300 



200 



120 
120 



240 



220 
520 



287 



Loca- 
tion. 



E-5 

F-5 
P-2 
G-1 
L-2 
K-3 
H-5 
R-5 
Q,-3 
F-5 
0-4 
1-4 
M-6 
K-2 
H-3 
J-4 
H-6 
0-2 
D-2 
E-5 
0-6 
N-6 
G-1 
0-5 

1-5 
1-5 
1-3 
M-5 
M-6 
P-3 
Q-6 
Q-6 
K-2 
1^4 
M-6 
G-2 
1-5 
M-5 
M-6 
0-6 
Q-4 
0-6 
1-6 
0-6 

c;-2 

M-3 

Q-7 
G-4 
0-2 
Q-6 
(-1 
M-7 
J-3 
L-3 

H-5 
P-5 
C-3 
Q-6 
1-3 
1-5 
0-5 
L-1 
K-7 
L-4 

J-1 
R-6 
P-2 
N-3 
P-6 
n-4 
J-3 
L-4 

1-2 
E-3 
D-1 
( -3 
L-3 



Name. 



Siidell 

Smithland 

Smoke Bend 

Socola(C ity Price 
post office). 

Soest 

Solitude 

Sompayrac :.. 

Sorrento 

Soulouque 

Southbend 

Southdown 

South Point 

Southport 

South wood 

Spanish Fort . . . . 

Springcreek 

Springfield 

*Springville 

Stables 

Stafford (Sat- 
suma post- 
office). 

Stanton 

Star 

Starhill 

Starks 

Starlding. ." 

Starns 

Stein 

Stella 

Stevensdale 



Parish. 



St. Tammany.. 
Point Coupee. . , 

Ascension 

Plaquemines . . . 



West Feliciana. 

do 

( alcasieu 

A seen.': ion 

Iberville 

St. Mary 

Terrebonne. ... 

Orleans 

Jefferson 

Ascension 

Orleans 

Tansipahoa 

Livingston 

do 

Vernon 

Livingston 



StJlle 

Stony point. 



Story 

Strader 

Sugartown 

Sulphur 

Sulphur Mines. 

Sun 

Sunbeam 

Sunny Hill 

Sunrise 

Sunset 

Sunshine 

Swayze Lake. . . 
Sweet Lake. . .. 

Sweetville 

Sycamore 



T. 



Taft 

Talisheek . . . 

Tallien 

Tangipahoa . 

Teddy 

Tenrriile 

Terre Haute. 



Theriot 

*Thibodaux 

Thibodaux Junc- 
tion. 

Thompson 

Thompsons Bluff 

Tho^n^^'ell 

Tickfaw 

Tillman 

Timberton 

Tinus 

Tobias 

Toca 

Toomey 

Topsy 

Terras 

Triumphville . . . . 

Troy 

Tucker 

Turkey Creek 



Orleans 

Plaquemines 

West Feliciana.. 

Calcasieu 

St. Tammany. . . 

Livingston 

Washington 

Plaquemines 

East Baton 

Rouge. 

Vernon 

East Baton 

Rouge. 

St. Bernard 

Tangipahoa 

Beaiiregard 

Calcasieu 

do 

St.Tammany 

Fast Feliciana... 

Washington 

Plaquemines 

St. Landry 

Iberville 

St. Landry 

Cameron 

Beauregard 

Rapides 



Popu- 
lation. 



St. Charles 

St. Tammany... 

Assumption 

Tangipahoa 

East Feliciana... 

Allen 

St. John the 
Baptist. 

Terrebonne 

Lafourche 

do 



Allen 

Jefferson Davis.. 

do 

Tangipahoa 

Vernon 

St. James 

St. Helena 

Iberia 

St. Bernard 

Calcasieu 

Jefferson Davis. . 
Pointe Coupee. . 

Plaquemines 

East Feliciana... 

East Baton 

Rouge. ' 

Evangeline 



2,188 
100 
660 



250 
100 
610 



100 
218 



130 



210 



270 



110 
377 
100 



260 
100 



394 



100 
3,824 



305 



557 



Loca- 
tion. 



Q-4 
J-2 
L-5 
Ci-7 

K-3 
K-2 
C-4 

M-5 
L-4 
J-7 
M-7 
Q-5. 
P-6 
L-5 
P-5 
0-2 
N-4 
N-4 
C-1 
M-3 



Q-6 
P-7 
K-2 
B-4 
R-4 
N-3 
Q-3 
Q-6 
L-4 

E-1 
M-3 

Q-6 
0-4 
D-2 
C-5 
C-5 
Q-3 
M-2 
0-2 
R-8 
H-4 
L-4 
1-3 
D-6 
D-3 
F-1 



0-6 
Q-3 
L-6 
0-2 
M-2 
E-2 
N-5 

M-8 
M-6 
M-6 

E-4 
E-4 
E-5 
0-3 
E-2 
M-5 
N-2 
1-6 
Q-6 
B-5 
D-4 
J-2 
S-8 
M-2 
L-3 

G-2 



58 



CITIES AND TOWNS IN SOUTHEKN LOUISIANA. 



Name. 



Turnhull. 
Turner. . . 

Ttirps 

Tvroiine . 



U. 



[Jneedus . 
Union 



V. 



Vacherie , 

Vacherie Station , 

Valverda , 

Vandercook 

Varnado 

Vatican 

Velma 

Venice 

Ventress 

Verette 

Vick 

Vida 

Vidrine 

♦Ville Platte 

Vincent 

Vinton 

Vinton Oil Field. 

Violet 

Violin 

ViterboviUe 

Vizard 



Parish. 



Points Coupee . 

Calcasieu 

Beauregard . . . . 
Evangeline 



Tansipahoa. 
St. James . . . 



St. James, 
do. 



W. 

Wadesboro. 
Waggaman. 
Waldeck . . . 
Wakefield.. 
Waldheim . 
Walker. . .. 

Walla 

Wallace 



Walls. 



Walnut Hill. 

Ward 

Warnerton... 

Wasey 

Washington. . 
Watson 



Pointe Coupee . 

Beauregard 

Washington 

Lafourche 

Tangipahoa 

Plaquemines. . . 
Pointe Coupee.. 

St. Bernard 

Avoyelles 

Iberia 

Evangeline 

do 

Calcasieu 

do 

do 

St. Bernard 

St. Tammany. . 

Acadia 

Allen 



Taneipahoa 

Jefterson 

St. .James 

West Feliciana.. 
St. Tammany. . . 

Livingston 

Beauregard 

St. John the 

Baptist. 
West Baton 

Rouge. 

Vernon 

Allen 

Washington 

Calcasieu 

St. Landry 

Livingston 



Popu- 
lation. 



600 



100 



590 



315 

no 



200 
160 



1,520 



Loca- 
tion. 



J-1 

C-4 

D-4 

'F-3 



0-3 

M-5 



N-6 
N-6 
J-3 
D-3 
Q-2 
H-4 
N-3 
S-8 
K-3 
Q-6 
H-1 
J-5 
G-3 
G-3 
C-5 
B-5 
B-5 
Q-6 
Q-3 
F-4' 
E-3 



0-4 
P-6 
N-5 
K-2 
P-3 
M-3 
D-3 
N-5 

K-3 

D-1 

r-3 

P-2 
C-4 
H-3 
M-3 



Name. 



Waxia 

Wayside 

Weeks (Weeks Is- 
land station) . . . 

Weiss 

Welcome 

Welsh 

West End 

Westlake 

Westover 



Parish. 



St. Landry 

West Feliciana. 



Westport 

Westvi'ego.. . 
White Castle. 
Whitehall. . . . 
Whiteville. . . 
Whittington. 
Wilbert 



Wilburton 

Wilcox (Bain 

station). 

Wilda 

WJlhelm 

Williamson 

Willow Glen 

Wills Point 

Wilmer. . .^ 

Wilson 

Wilton 

Winchester 

Witten (Duples- 

sispost office). 

Woodland 

Woodlawn 

Woodside 

Wood worth 

Wortham 

Wright (Mulvey 

station). 

Y. 

Yelgar 

Youngsville 

Yscloskey 

Z. 

Zaehary 

Zona 



Iberia 

Livingston 

St. Janies 

Jefferson Davis. . 

Orleans 

Calcasieu 

West Baton 

Rouge. 

Rapides 

Jefi'erson 

Iberville 

Livingtson 

St. Landry 

Rapides 

West Baton 

Rouge. 

Evangeline 

West Feliciana . . 



Rapides 

West Feliciana.. 

St. Landry 

Rapides 

Plaquemines 

Tangipahoa 

East Feliciana.. 

St. James 

....do 

Ascension 



East Feliciana. 
Jefi'erson Davis. 

Avoyelles 

Rapides 

St. Tammany. . 
Vermilion 



Allen 

Lafayette 

Plaquemines. 



East Baton 

Rouge. 
Washington . . . . 



Popu- 
lation. 



340 
1,250 



2,289 
235 



150 

iio 



328 



Loca- 
tion. 



1-3 
1^2 

I-O 
M-3 
M-5 
E-5 
P-5 

C-5 
K-4 

E-2 
P-b 
L-5 
N-4 
H-2 
G-1 
K-4 

F-4 
K-2 

F-1 
J-2 
1-3 
G-1 
Q-7 
0-2 
L-2 
M-5 
M-5 
M-4 

M-2 

E-4 
1-2 
F-1 
Q-4 
G-6 



E-2 
H-5 

R-6 



1^3 
D-2 



Part Ia. 
WATERWAYS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



Name of waterway. 



Abita River 

Abita River, little 

Acadiens, Bayou des . 

Adams Creek 

Adams Bay 

Alabama Bayou 



Alabama Bayou, little 

Alexander Bayou 

Allemands, Bayou des 

Allemands, Lake des.. 

Allen Lake 

Alligator Bayou 

Alligator B avou 



Alligator Bayou . 
Alligator Bayou. 
Alligator Lake... 

Amede Lake 

Amite River 



Amite River, little 

Amoureux, Bayou des 

Andre Bayou 

Ards Creek 

Arsene Bayou 



Arthur Lakfe , 



Atehafalaya Bay 

Atchafalaya Bay ship 
channel. 

Atchafalaya River 

Atchafalaya River, 

lower. 
Atchafalava River, 

little. 

Athanasia Lake 

August Bay 

Avoyelles Bayou 



Parish. 



St. Tammany 

do 

St. James 

Washington 

Plaquemines 

Pointe Coupee, Iber- 
ville. 

St. Martin 

West Feliciana 

Lafourche, St. 
Charles. 

St. John 

Terrebonne 

Iberville., 

Ascension, St. John 
the Baptist. 

JelTerson 

West Feliciana 

Cameron 

St. Bernard 

Ascension, Living- 
ston, St. Helena,etc. 

Ascension 

Lafourche 

Jefferson 

Washington 

Calcasieu, Jefferson 
Davis. 

Jefferson Davis, Ver- 
milion, 

St. Mary 



Loca- 
tion. 



Avoyelles , 

Pointe Coupee , 

St. Landry 

St. Martin 

St. Mary, Terre- 
bonne. 
St. Martin 



B. 



Back Bayou 

Bagleys Bayou 

Balize Bayou 

Baptist Colets Bayou. 
Barataria Bay 



St. Bernard.. 
Plaquemines. 
Avoyelles 



Barataria Bayou. 
Barbary Bayou.. 

Bardel Canal 

Barnes Creek 



Barre Lake 

Barrows Canal 

Bartholomew Bayou . 

Barwick Bayou 

Bastian Bay 

Bastian Bayou 

Batemans Lake 

Batiste Bay 

Beaklance Bayou 



Rapides 

St. Tammany 

Plaquemines 

do 

Plaquemines, Jeffer- 
son. 

do 

Livingston 

Plaquemines 

Jetferson Davis, Al- 
len, Beauregard. 

Terrebonne 

do 

St. Mary 

Acadia 

Plaquemines 

do 

St. Mary 

Plaquemines 

St. Landry 



P-4 

P-4 
M-5 
Q-2 
R-8 
J-4 

J-4 
K-2 
0-6 

N-6 
M-8 
M-4 
N-5 

0-5 
K-3 
F-fi 
R-R 
N-4 
M-2 
N-5 
0-7 
P-8 
Q-2 
D-4 

F-5 

K-8 
K-8 

J-2 
1-2 
J-4 

L-7 

J-4 

S-7 
R-8 
I-l 



G-l 
P-3 
T-9 

S-8 
Q-8 

P-6 

N-4 
R-8 
D-4 

N-9 

N-8 
J-7 
F-4 
R-8 
R-8 
L-7 
Q-8 
1-2 



Name of waterway. 



Bear Creek 

Bear Head Creek 

Beaver Bayou 

Beaver Creek 

Beaver Creek 

Beaver Creek 

Beaver Creek, Big 

Beaver Dam Bayou. . 
Beaver Dam Bayou. 
Beaver Dam Creek . . , 

Beau Bayou 

Beclcwith Creek 



Bechnel Bayou. 
Bedico Creek. .. 

Belle River 

Benoit Bayou.. 
Berard Bayou.. 
Berwick Bay... 



Bienvenue Bayou . . . 

Big Creek 

Big Mouth Bayou. .. 

Bijou Bayou 

Billot Lake 

Biloxi Bayou 

Bird Island Sound... 

Black Bayou 

Black Bayou 

Black Bayou 

Black Bayou 

Black Bayou 

Black Bayou 

Black Bayou 

Black Bayou 

Black Bayou 

Black Creek 

Black Creek 

Black Creek 

Black Creek 

Black Creek 

Black Lake 

Black River 

Blackfish Lake 

Black Prince Bayou. 
Blackwater Bayou . . 

Blackwells Creek 

Blind Bay 

Blind Pass 

Blind River 



Parish. 



Blood River 

Blue Bayou 

Blue Bayou 

Blue Bayou 

Blue Hammock 
Bavou. 

Bluff Creek 

Boeuf Bayou 



Boeuf Bayou 

Boeuf Bayou 

Boeuf Bayou 

Boeuf Bayou 

Boeuf Lake 

Bois Connie Bayou . 

Boggy Creek 

Bogue Chitto 



Allen 

Beauregard 

East Baton Rouge.. 

Evangeline 

Livingston 

Tangipahoa 

East Feliciana 

East Baton Rouge. . 

Rapides 

East Feliciana 

St. Martin 

Calcasieu, Beaure- 
gard. 

St. John the Baptist 

Tangipahoa 

Assumption 

St. Martin 

do 

St. Mary, Assump- 
tion. 

Orleans, St. Bernard 

Tangipahoa 

Cameron 

Ascension 

Terrebonne 

St. Bernard 

Plaquemines 

Orleans 

Pointe Coupee 

Iberville 

Pointe Coupee 

St. Mary 

Cameron, Calcasieu. 

Cameron 

Plaquemines 

Terrebonne 

St. Tammany 

St. Helena 

East Feliciana 

Allen 

Beauregard 

Cameron 

Concordia 

Cameron 

St. Charles 

East Baton Rouge. . 

Washington 

Plaquemines 

St. Bernard 

Livingston, Ascen- 
sion, St. James. 

Livingston 

St. Mary 

Terrebonne 

Allen 

Terrebonne 

East Feliciana 

St. Mary, Assump- 
tion. 

St. Landry, Rapides 

Plaquemines 

Jefferson 

Lafourche 

do 

Cameron 

Beauregard . 

Washington, St. 
Tammany. 

59 



Loca- 
tion. 



D-4 
C-.3 
L-3 

r-2 

M-3 
N-2 
M-1 
L-3 
G-l 
L-2 
J-5 
C-4 

N-e 

0-4 
L-& 
J-5 
1-4 
L-7 

Q-6 
0-2 
E-6 
L-5 
0-8 
R-6 
S-8 
Q-5 
J-3 
J-4 
J-2 
J-7 
D-5 
B-6 
R-7 
L-7 
P-3 
M-2 
L-3 
E-2 
D-2 
C-& 
I-l 
F-6 
0-6 
L-3 
Q-3 
T-9 
S-5 
N-5 

N-4 
K-7 
N-7 
F-3 
L-8 

M-2 
L-7 

H-3 
R-8 
P-6 
N-6 
N-6 
D-6 
D-4 
P-2 



60 



WATERWAYS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



Name of waterway. 



Bogue Falia 

Bogiie Lusa 

Bonfouca Bayou 
(Bayou Vincent). 

Borgne Lake 

Boucie Bayou 

Boudreau Bay 

Boudreanx Canal 

Boudreau X Lake 

Bourbeau, Bayou 

Bourlie, Bayoii 

Bout de Bayou 

Brand Bayou 

Breton Sound 

Broad Bayou 

Brushy Creek 

Brushy Creek 

Brusle, Lake 

Brush Creek .v.. 

Buck Creek 

Bundick Creek 

Buffalo River 

Bull Bay 

Burtons Creek 

Bush Canal 

Buxton Creek 



Cade, Bayou de 

Cade, Little BayoiVde. 

Cade, Lake de." 

Caillou, Bayou Grand. 
Caillou, Bayou Little. 

Caillou Bay 

Caillou Lake 

Calcasieu Lake 

Calcasieu Pass 

Calcasieu River 



Parish. 



St. Tammany. 
Washington. . . 
St. Tammany. 



St. Bernard, Orleans 

Assumption 

St. Bernard 

Terrebonne 

do 



Loca- 
tion. 



St. Landry. 
Avoyelles . . 

do 

Iberville . . . 



St. Bernard 

Vernon 

Beauregard 

I/afourche 

Beauregard 

St. Helena 

Allen, Beauregard . . 

(Mississippi). . i 

Plaquemines 

Vernon 

Terrebonne 

Calcasieu 



California Bay 

Callebasse, Lake 

Camtnada Bay 

Caminada Pass 

Campton Creek 

Canard Frungais 
Bayou. 

Cancienne Canal 

Cane Bayou 

Cane Bayou 

Caney Creek 

Caney Creek 

Cannes, Bayou des. . . 

Carencro, Bayou 



Terrebonne 

do 

do 

... .do , 

do 

do 

do 

Cameron , 

do 

Calcasieu, Jefferson 
Davis, Allen, Ra- 
pides, Vernon. 

Plaquemines , 

St. Bernard 

Jefferson 

do 

Rapides 

Si. Bernard 



Carlin Bayou 

Carlin Bayou 

Carlin Bayou 

Carofier Bayou 

Caroline Bayou 

Carondelet Canal 

Carrion Crow Bayou.. 

Carron Bayou . . ." 

Carters Creek 

Casin Creek 

Castaing Bayou 

Castaing Bayou, Lit- 
tle. 

Castiglione Bayou 

Castor Bayou 

Castor Bayou 

Catahoula Bay 

Catahoula Bayou 

Catahoula Coulee 

Catahoula I^akie 

Cataouatche Lake 
(Lake Netherlands). 

Cat Bay 



Catfish Lake. 
Catfish Lake. 



Assumption 

St. Tammany 

Terrebonne . ". 

Allen 

Calcasieu 

Acadia, St. Landry, 
Evangeline. 

Lafayette, St. Lan- 
dry. 

St. Mary.- 

Iberia...: 

do 

St. Martin 

Assumption 

Orleans 

Terrebonne 

St. Landry 

(Mississippi) 

West Feliciana 

St. Tammanv 

do ■ 



Orleans 

Allen 

Vernon 

Lafourche. . 

do 

St. Martin . 

do 

St. Charles. 



Plaquemines, JefTer- 
son. 

Lafourche 

Cameron 



P-4 
Q-2 
Q-4 

R-5 
K-6 
S-5 
N-8 
N-8 
H-4 
H-1 
H-1 
M-4 
S-7 
S-7 
E-2 
B-3 
0-8 
B-3 
M-2 
D-3 
J-1 
T-9 
E-1 
N-8 
C^4 



M-8 
L-9 
M-S 
M-9 
N-8 
M-9 
M-9 
C-6 
C-6 
C-5 
E-3 

S-8 
R-7 
P-9 
P-9 
G-1 
Q-6 

L-6 
P-4 
M-7 
F-3 
B-3 
F-4 

H-4 

J-7 
1-6 
1-6 
J-5 
L-7 
P-6 
1^8 
H-3 
P-1 
1^2 
P-4 
P-4 

Q-5 

r-3 
c^i 

0-7 
0-7 
J-5 
J-5 
0-6 

Q-S 

0-8 
E-6 



Name of waterway. 



Catherine Lake 

Cedar Bayou 

Chacahoula Bayou . . 

Chaffe Bayou 

("halaud Bayou 

Chalaud Pass 

Chandleur Sound 

Champagne Bay 

Chaney Creek. ." 

Chaperon, Bayou 

Chappepeela Creek. . 

Charles, Lake 

Chatlins Lake 

Chef Menteur 

Chefuncte River 

Cheby, Bayou 

Chene Bavou 



Chene Bayou 

(^hene Bayou 

Chene Bayou 

Chene Rhine, Bayou.. 

Chene, River au . . 

Chene Fleur, Bayou.. 

Chenier Bay ". 

Chenier Bayou 

Chenier Bayou, Little. 

Chenier Pass 

Chenier Ronquille, 
Bay. 

Cher Ami Bayou 

Cher Ami Canal 

Cherry winck Bayou. . 
Chevfeuil, Bayou 



Chicken Bayou 

Chi Charas." 

Chicot Bayou 

Chicot Bayou 

Chicot Lake 

Chien Lake 

Chien, Bayou Pointe 

aux. 
Chinchuba, Bayou. . . 

Chocolate Bayou 

Choctaw Bayou 

Choctaw Bavou 



Choctaw Bayou 

Chopin Chute 

Choupique, Bayou. . . 
Christmas Camp Lake 
Citamon, Bavou 



Clear Creek 

Clear Bayou 

Close Bayou 

Coburn Creek 

Cocodrie, Bayou... 
Cocodrie, Bayou. . . 
Cocodrie, Bayou... 



Parish. 



Loca- 
tion. 



Avoyelles 

Orleans 

Terrebonne . . 

St. Mary 

Plaquemines. 
do 



Jefferson 

West Feliciana 

St. Bernard 

Tangipahoa 

Calcasieu 

Rapides 

Orleans 

St. Tammany 

Lafourche. . .". 

St. Mary, Terre- 
bonne. 

Vermilion 

Jefferson Davis 

St. Martin 

Livingston 

Plaquemines 

do 



do 

do 

Cameron 

Plaquemines . 



Cocodrie, Lake 

Cohabanosse, Bayou.. 

Coles Creek 

Collicon Bayou 

Collicon Lake 

Colton Creek 

Colyell Bayou 

Colyell, Middle Bayou 

Coriiite ^Uver ". ... 

Company Canal 

Company Canal 

Comrade (^reek 

Contraband Bayou... 

Constance Bayou 

Convent Bayou 

Conway Bayou 

Conwav Bayou i. 

Cools Creek 

Cook Bayou 



Assumption 

Lafourche 

Allen, Ranides 

St. John the Bap- 
tist, St. James, 
Lafourche. 

St. Mary 

Plaquemines 

Evangeline 

St. Mary 

St. Martin 

Terrebonne 

Terrebonne; La- 
fourche. 

St. Tammany 

Assumption. 

Iberville 

Iberville, West 
Baton Rouge. 

Rapides 

Baerville 

Calcasieu 

St. Bernard 

St. James, Lafay- 
ette, St. John the 
Baptist. 

Allen 

Rapides 

Pointe Coupee 

Washington 

Terrebonne .1 

Concordia 

St. Landry, Evange- 
line, Rapides. 

Rapides, Evangeline 

Lafourche 

Beauregard 

Cameron 

do ... 

Livingston 

do 

do 

East Baton Rouge . . 

Jefferson 

Lafourche 

Vernon 

Calcasieu 

Vermilion 

Jefferson 

.\scension 

Calcasieu 

Tangipahoa 

Plaquemines 



I-l 
Q-5 
M-7 
K-7 
R-S 
R-8 
P-6 
P-9 
K-2 
Q-6 
0-3 
D-5 
G-1 
Q-5 
P-4 
N-6 
1^7 

H-6 
E-5 
J-5 
N-5 
Q-7 
Q-8 
Q-7 
Q-8 
E-6 
T-9 
Q-8 

L-7 
0-8 
F-2 
N-6 



K-7 
S-8 
G-2 
J-6 
K-S 
0-8 
0-8 

P-4 
L-6 
L-5 
K-4 

H-1 
K-5 
C-5 
S-6 
M-6 



D-3 
G-1 
J-3 
A-2 
L-7 
J-1 
H-3 
G-2 
C-2 
N-6 
C-3 
F-6 
F-6 
M-3 
M-4 
M-4 
L-3 
P-6 
0-7 
E-1 
D-5 
F-7 
P-6 
M-5 
B-5 
N-2 
R-8 



WATEEWAYS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



61 



Name of waterway. 



Coopers Bayou 

Coquette Bay 

CiKluille Bay, Grand . 
Co(|uillo Bay, Little. . 

Coiiuillo Lake 

Cote Blanche Ray, 

East. 
Cote Blanche Bay 

West. 

(^otonier Bayou 

Couba Bii\6u 

Couchon 

Courtableau Bayou. . . 

Courville Bayoii 

Couteau Bayou 

Cow Bayou 

Cowards Gully 

Cowhead Bayou 

Co\\'i3en Creek 

Co wpen Creek 

Coyles Bayou 

Cox Bayou 

Creole Baj- 

Creole Canal 

Crocodile Bayou 

Crooked Creek 

Cross Bayou 



Cubits Gap 

Currant Baj'ou 

Customhouse Bayou.. 

Cutler Bayou 

Cutoff Bayou 

Cypress Bayou 

Cypress Bayou 

Cypress Bayou 

Cypress Cre"ek 

Cypress Creek - . 

Cypress Creek 

Cypress Island Coulee, 
Cypress Island Pass . , 

Cypremort Bayou 

Cyprian Ba}- 



Parish. 



D. 

Damrell Bayou 

D'Arbonne Bavou. 

Darbys Coulee." 

Darling Bayou 

Dauterive.I.ake... 

Dawson Creek 

Dead Mans Bayo'u. 

Deer Bayou...' 

Delcambre Canal . . 

Devils Bay 

De^ils Creek 

Dies, Bayou au 

D'Inde Bayou 

DLxon Branch 

Doctors Bayou 

Dollar Bayou 

Doulluts Canal 

Double Baj'pu 

Double Bayou 

Doyles Bayou 

Drakes Creek 

Draughans Bayou . 

Dresser Canal 

Drum Bay 

Dry- Creek 

Dry Creek 

Duck Lake 

Duhuy Bayou 

Dulac Bayou 

Dunn Barr Bayou. 

Dupont Bayou 

Dupont Bavou 



Dupre Bayou 

Dutch Bayou 



Tangipahoa.. 
Placiuemines. 

....do 

....do 

St. Bernard.. 
St. Mary 



.do. 



Pointe (^oupee 

St. Charles 

Orleans 

St. Landry 

Avoyelles 

Pointe Coupee 

Iberville 

Calcasieu 

Pointe Coupee 

Beauregard 

Cameron 

Pointe Coupee . 

Plaquemines - 

Jefferson 

Cameron 

St. Charles 

West Feliciana 

St. Mai'tin, Iber- 
ville. 

Plaquemines 

St. Landry _. 

Plaquemines '- 

Jefferson 

Plaquemines 

St. Tammany 

East Baton Rouge . 

Rapides 

Evangeline 

Beauregard 

Vernon 

St. Martin 

St. Mary 

do 

Plaquemines 



Vernon 

St. Landry 

\'e]milion 

St. Helena 

Iberia, St. Martin. .. 
East Baton Rouge .. 

Plaquemines 

Terrebonne 

Iberia 

Lafourche 

Vermilion 

Plaquemines 

Calcasieu 

East Feliciana 

St. Mary 

....do 

Plaquemines 

St. Charles 

Plaquemines 

East Feliciana 

Vermilion 

East Baton Rouge . . 

Lafom'che 

St. Bernard 

West Feliciana 

Beauregard 

Assumption 

Plaquemines 

Terrebonne 

Plaquemines 

Orleans 

Jefferson, Plaque- 
mines. 

St. Bernard 

St. John the Baptist, 



Loca- 
tion. 



0-3 
R.-9 

S-8 
S-8 
R-7 
J-7 

J-7 

K 
P-6 
Q-5 
1-4 
1-2 
1-2 
J-4 
C-4 
J-3 
C-3 
E-6 
1-2 
R-8 
P-8 
D-6 
0-6 
K-2 
K-5 

S-9 
1-2 
S-9 
P-7 
S-10 
A-4 
L-3 
E-1 
F-2 
B-3 
C-2 
1-5 
K-7 
1-7 
R-8 



E-2 
1-3 
H-5 

M-2 
J-5 
M-4 
S-10 
K-8 

i-e 

0-9 
E-1 
P-7 
C-5 
L-2 
K-7 
K-7 
R-8 
0-5 
S-9 
L-3 
D-2 
L-3 
0-7 
S-6 
K-2 
D-3 
K-6 
Q-6 
N-8 
S-8 
Q-5 

p-r 

Q-6 

N-5 



Name of water\\ay. 



E. 



East Bay 

East Bay 

East Pass 

Ecaille Lake, Grand. . 

Elbow Bayou 

Ellis Lake 

Ely Bay 

Ely Lake 

Emile Bayou 

English Bay 

English Bayou 

English Bayou 

English Bayou 

Eugene Bayou 

Eugenie Lake 



False River 

False Bayou 

Families, Bayou des. . 
Fausse Pointe Lake. . 

Felicity Lake 

Felix Bayou 

Field Lake , 

Fifl Bayou 

Fjsh Bayou , 

Fishers Bayou 

Fishing Smack Lake 

Fishtrap Bayou 

Five Lake 

Flat Creek 

Flatboat Bayou 

Flat Lake 

Flat Lake 

Fontanelle Bayou. . . 

Fordoche Ba^-bu 

Fordoche Bayou 

Fordoche Bayou, Lit- 
tle. 

Fords Creek 

Foret Bayou 

Fort Bayou 

Fortier Bayou 

Foimtain Bayou 

Fourche Bayou 

Fourchon Bayou 

Fouj' League Bay 

Four Point Bayou... 
Four Point Bayou... 

Franklin Canal 

Freshwater Bayou... 

Fusil Bavou 

Fusilier Bayou 



Parish. 



Gales Creek 

GaUlards Lake 

Garden Island Bay . . . 

Gazeland Bayou 

Gaudin Bayou 

Gentilly Bayou 

Glaise, Bayou de 

Glaises, Bayou des . . . 

Goddel Bayou, Big.. . 

Goddel Bayou, Little. 

Goula Bayou 

Gracie Lake (Univer- 
sity Lake). 

Grand Bay 

Grand Bayou 

Grand Bayou 

Grand Bayou 

Grand Bayou 

Grand Bayou 

Grand Bayou (or 
Cohabanosse or 
Chegby). 

Grand Bayou 

Grand Bayou 



Plaquemines 

St. Mary 

St. Tammany 

Plaquemines 

East Baton Rouge . 

(Mississippi) 

St. Bernard 

do 

Plaquemines 

do 

St. Tammany 

St. Landiy 

Calcasieu 

St. Martin 

St. Bernard 



Loca- 
tion. 



Pointe Coupee . 

Lafoiu-che 

JelVerson 

Iberia 

Terrebonne . . . . 

Assumption 

Lafourche 

Jefferson 

Avoyelles 

Pointe Coupee. 

St. Bernard 

St. Mary 

Plaquemines... 

Vernon 

Plaquemines... 

•Assumption 

St. Martin 

Plaquemines... 
Pointe Coupee . 

St. Landry 

do...; 



Washington , 

Cameron , 

Plaquemines 

St. John the Baptist 
East Baton Rouge. 

Iberia 

Lafourche 

Terrebonne 

Terrebonne 

Assumption 

St. Mary 

Vermilion 

St. James 

St. Landry 



West Feliciana 

(Mississippi) 

Plaquemines 

Jefferson 

do 

Plaquemines 

Iberville 

AvoySlles 

Assumption 

do 

Iberville 

East Baton Rouge. 



Plaquemines . 
St. Bernard.. 
Plaquemines . 

do 

Jefferson 

St. Charles... 



^Lafoiircbe. 



do 

Terrebonne . 



62 



WATERWAYS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



Name of waterway. 



Grand Bavou. 



Grand Bayou 

Grand Cu'off Bayou.. 

Grand Bayou 

Grand Felicity Bayou 
Grand Lake . ! ". . . . 



Grand Lake 

Grand Lake 

Grand Louis Bayou. 
Grand Marais Bayou 

Grand Pass 

Grand River 

Grant Bayou , 

Grassy Bayou , 

Grassy Lake 

Grays Creek , 

Green Island Bayou . . 

Gregoire Bayou.". 

Grosse Tete Bayou . . . 



Grues, Coulee de. . 
Gruys, Bayou de . 
Gueydan Canal. . . 

Gulf of Mexico 

Gumlog Bayou... 
Guy Bayou 



Assumption, Ascen- 
sion. 

Iberville 

Concordia 

St. Martin 

Terrebonne 

Iberia, St. Martin, 
Assiunption, St. 
Mary. 

Cameron , 

Plaquemines 

Evangeline 

Vermilion 

Plaquemines 

Iberville 

West Feliciana 

Terrebonne 

Assumption 

Livingston 

Vermilion 

St. Mary 

Iberville, Pointe 
Coupee. 

Avoyelles 

Lafourche 

Vermilion, Cameron. 



Pointe Coupee. 
Calcasieu 



H. 



Hackberry Bay 

Hackberry Lake 

Hammer Creek 

Hanson Canal 

Harris Bayou 

Hatch Lake 

Harvej's Canal No. 1.. 
Harveys Canal No. 2. . 

Harveys Cutoff 

Hasouse Bayou 

Hays Creek." 

Hermitage Lake 

Heron Bayou 

Heybours Bayou 

Hickory Branch 



Hog Bayou 

Hog Bayou 

Hog Bayou 

Hog Bayou, Big 

Hog Bayou, Little.. 
Hog Branch, East.. 

Hog Branch, West. . 

Holmes Bayou 

Hoosier Creek 



Homochitto River. . 

Horsepen Creek 

Hospital Bay 

Houston River 

Huffpower Hayou . . 

Hurricane Creek 

Hurricane Creek 

Hurricane Creek 

Huber Bayou 



I. 

Iberia-St. Mary 
Drainage Canal . 

Ilettes, Bayou des 

Indian Bayou 

Indian Bayou 

Indian Bayou 

Indian Bayou 

Indian Creek 

Indian Coule* 

Indian Mound Bay... 

Inland waterway, 
Calcasieu to Sabine. 



Jefferson 

St. Mary 

West Feliciana 

St. Mary 

Plaquemines 

Terrebonne 

Jefferson 

Lafourche 

Jefferson 

St. Bernard 

Washington 

Plaquemines 

Lafourche 

Cameron 

Calcasieu, Beaure- 



Cameron 

St, Mary 

do. 

do 

do 

Livingston, St. 
Helena. 

do 

St. Tammany 

Beauregard 

(Mississippi) 

Rapides 

Plaquemines 

Calcasieu 

Avoyelles 

East Feliciana 

Beaiuegard 

do 

St. Mary 



Iberia, St. Mary. 



Jefferson 

do 

St. Landry 

Rapides 

Calcasieu 

Beauregard 

Vermilion, Lafaytte. 

St. Bernard . 

Calcasieu 



Loca- 
tion. 



1^5 

K-4 
J-1 
J-5 
0-9 
K-6 



E-6 
Q-7 
H-3 
G-5 

S-9 
K-5 
K-3 
N-8 
L-6 
M-4 
H-6 

J-6 
K-4 

H-1 

0-7 
F-6 
1^10 
1-2 
C-5 



P-8 
J-6 
K-2 
K-6 
R-8 
M-8 
P-6 
0-7 
P-7 
R-6 
P-2 
Q-7 
N-6 
F-7 
C-4 

E-7 
J-6 
K-7 
K-7 
K-7 
N-3 

N-3 
Q-4 
B-3 

J-1 
L-1 
H-1 
P-8 
C-4 
H-2 
L-2 
D-3 
B-4 

J-6 



1-6 

P-8 
P-5 
1-2 
G-1 
D-4 
B-4 
H-5 
S-6 
C-5 



Name of waterway. 



Parish. 



Irish Bayou. 

Irvings Branch 

Isle de Cannes 

Ivanlioe Canal 

J. 

Jackass Bay 

Jackson Bayou 

Jacob Bayou 

Jacque Bayou 

Jaws (or Little) Bay. 

Jeanerette Canal 

Jean Louis Robin 

Bayou. 
Jean Louis Robin 

Lake. 

Jews Creek 

Joe Marcel Bayou ... 

Joe Wise Bay! 

Johnsons Bayou 

Johnsons Bayou 

Jones Bayou ■.. . 

Jones Bayou 

Joseph Baj'ou 

Joseph Branch 

Jump, The 

Junop Bay 

K. 

Karrs Creek 

Kelso Bayou 

Kennys ('oulee 

Keystone Canal 

King George Bayou.. 
Kings Bayou 

L. 

L' Anacoco Bayou 

Labauve Bayou 

Labranche Bayou 

Labranche Canal 

La Cache Bayou 

Lacassine Bayou 

Lacassine Lake 

Laeombe Bayou 

La Fortuna Lake 

Lafourche Bayou 



La Graisse Bayou . . . 
Lake Borgne Canal . . 

La Loutre Bayou 

La Mer Bay 

Lamoque Bayou 

Lamourie Bayou 

La Pointe Lake 

Laquedock Bayou.. . 

Large, Bayou de 

Larompe Bayou 

Larose Bayou 

Lassine Bayou 

Latania Lake 

Latanier Lake 

Latanier Lake 

Latenaehe Bayou. . . 

Laurier Bayou 

Lawrence Creek ; 

Lawson Lake 

Leau Bleu 

Leather wood Creek. . 

Le Bar Bayou 

Le Bleu Lake 

Le Carpe Bayou 

Lees Creek 

L'Enibarras 

Lenoir Bayou 

Leopard Bayou 



Orleans 

Tangipahoa 

Lafayette, Vermil 

ion. 
St. Mary 

Plaquemines 

St. Mary 

Iberville 

Plaquemines 

St. Mary 

Iberia 

St. Bernard 

do 

West Feliciana 

Evangeline 

Plaquemines 

St. Bernard 

Cameron 

East Baton Rouge. 

Acadia 

Plaquemines 

St. Helena 

Plaquemines 

Terrebonne 

East Feliciana 

Cameron 

Vermilion 

St. Martin 

Livingston 

Cameron 



Beauregard, Vernon 

Cameron 

St. Charles 

Jefferson 

Terrebonne 

Cameron, Jefferson 
Davis. 

Cameron 

St. Landry 

St. Bernard 

Lafourche, Assump- 
tion, Ascension. 



Loca- 
tion. 



Terrebonne . 
St. Bernard. 

do, 
Plaquemines. 

do, 
Rajiides 
St. Martin 
Pointe Coupee. 
Terrebonne . 
St. Martin, 

do. 
St. John the Baptist. 

Cameron , 

Rapides 

Cameron 

Pointe Coupee 

Jefferson 

Washington 

St. Bernard 

Lafourche 

(Mississippi) 

Jefferson.. 

Vernon 

TeiTebonne 

Washington , 

Iberia 

Avovelles 

St. Marv 



Q-5 
0-2 
H-5 

J-6 



T-9 
J-7 

K-4 
S-9 
J-7 
J-6 

R-7 

R-7 

L-2 
G-3 
R-8 

S-5 
A-6 
L-4 
G-4 

S-9 
N-2 

S-8 
L-9 



L-3 

C-6 
H-6 
1-5 

N-4 
D-6 



C-2 
D-6 
0-5 
P-6 

N-8 
E-6 

E-6 
Q-4 
R-7 
L-5 
0-7 
P-9 
N-9 
Q-6 
R-6 
Q-8 
R-8 
G-1 
1-5 
K-3 
M-8 
J-5 
J-5 
N-6 
E-6 
G-1 
E-6 
J-2 
P-5 
P-2 
S-6 
0-8 
P-1 
P-5 
F-6 
N-7 
Q-3 
J-5 
H-1 
K-7 



WATEKWAVS IX SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



63 



Name of waterway. 



Levy Bayou 

Levy Lake 

Lettsworth Bayou... 

Liberty Bayou 

Liberty Bayou 

Lighthouse Bayou, 

Lower. 
Lighthouse Bayou, 

Upper. 
Little Bay or Jaws. . 

Little Bayou 

Little Lake 

Little Lake 



Parish. 



Plaquomines, St. 
Bernard . 

do 

Pointe Coupee 

St. Tammany 

Vernon 

Plaquemines 



Loca- 
tion. 



-do. 



Little River 

Little River 

Live Oak Bay 

Lizzard Bayou 

Lizzard Creek 

Ivoomis Pass 

Long Bay 

Long Bayou 

Long Bayou 

Long Bayou 

Long Bayou 

Long Lake 

Long Lake 

Long Point Bayou. 

Long Creek 

Lost Creek 

Lost Lake 

Lourse Bay 

Lourse Bayou 

Lourse Bayou 

Lourse Bayou 

Lucas Canal 

Lucy Creek 

Ludley Creek 



M. 



Machias Lake . . . 
Madagaie Coulee. 
Magazilla Bayou. 
Maillard Bayou . . 

Main Pass 

Mallard Bay 

Mallett. Bayou . . 
Mamselle Bayou 
Manchac Bavou . 



St. Mary 

Vernon 

St. Tammany 

Jeflerson, Plaque- 
mines. 

Orleans 

Calcasieu 

St. Bernard •. .. 

Plaquemines 

Tangipahoa 

Plaquemines 

do 

do 

Assumption 

do 

St. Mary 

Lafourche 

Iberia 

Acadia 

Calcasieu 

East Feliciana 

Terrebonne 

Lafourche 

Jefferson 

Assumption 

Terrebonne 

Plaquemines 

West Feliciana 

St. Helena 



Manchac Pass 

Mande.yille Bayou . . . 

Man|3-ove Bayou 

Mar, Bayou de 

Marehand Bay 

Maricoquant Bayou . 
Matingonin Bayou... 



Maron Bayou . . 
Marsh Bayou. .. 
Mascot Bayou . . 
Mascot Baj'ou.. 
Masters Bayou . 
Maurepas Lake. 



Maxeht Bayou 

McGees Creek 

McKowen Creek 

Meehant Lake 

Mercier Bayou 

Mermenteau River. 



Middle Bayou 

Middle Bayou 

Middle River 

Milhomme Bayou. 



St. Bernard 

Lafourche 

Assumption ; 

Avoyelles 

Plaquemines 

Cameron 

Acadia 

St. Landry 

East Baton Rouge, 
Iberville, Assump- 
tion. 

Tangipahoa, St. 
John the Baptist. 

Plaquemines, St. 
Bernard. 

Cameron 

Lafourche 

do 

St. Landry 

Pointe Coupee, Iber- 
ville. 

Evangeline 

Jefferson Davis 

Pointe Coupee. 

St. Mary 

Rapides 

Tangipahoa, Liv- 
ingston, St. John 
the Baptist. 

St. Bernard 

(Mississippi) 

East Feliciana 

Terrebonne 

St. Bernard 

Cameron, Jefferson 
Davis. 

Vermilion, Arcadia.. 

Tangipahoa 

Rapides 

St. Tammany 

Assumption 



Q-f) 

Q-G 
J-2 

D-1 

S-10 

S-10 

J-7 
H-6 
R-5 
P-7 

Q-5 
C-4 

T-6 
S-8 
N-4 
T-9 
Q-8 

R-: 
L-t; 

K-O 
J-7 
N-7 
J-o 
G-4 
B-4 
L-2 
1^8 
0-7 
P-8 
L-7 
N-8 
S-8 
K-2 
M-2 



R-7 
N-6 
L-6 

1-2 
T-8 
F-6 
G-4 

1-4 
M-i 



0-4 

Q-6 

D-6 
M-7 

P-9 
H-.3 

J-4 

G-3 
D-4 

J-3 

J-7 
F-2 
0-4 



U-6 
P-1 
L-3 

M-8 
Q-6 
E-6 

F-5 
0-4 
F-1 
R-5 
L-6 



Name of waterway. 



Mill Creek 

Mill Bayou 

Mill Creek 

Mill Creek 

Millers Creek 

Milton Branch 

Misere Bayou 

Misere Lake 

Misery Bayou 

Mississippi Bayou . . . 

Mississippi River 

Mississippi Sound. . . 

Mitchell Creek 

Mongoulois Bayou.. . 

Moores Bayou 

Moreau Bayou 

Moreau Bayou 

Moreau Lake 

Morgans Harbor , 

Mosqnito Bayou 

Moss Lake 

Mud Lake, Lower 

Mud Lake, Upper 

Mud Lake 

Mud Lake....' 

Muster Ground Creek. 
Myrtle Bayou 



N. 
Natalbany River . 
Hatches Bay 



I'arish. 



Natchez Lake 

Natchitoches Bayou. 

New Basin Canal 

New Iberia Southern 

Drainage Canal. 
New River 



Nezpique, Bayou. 



Nine Mile Bayou 

Nobodys Bayou 

North AmericanLand 
& Timber Co. Canal. 

Northeast Pass 

North Pass 

North Pass 

Norwood Creek 

Oak Bayou, Big 

Octave Pass 

Old RiTer 

Old River 

Old River 

Olive Creek 

Olive Creek 

Onion Bayou 

Onion Bayou 

Onion Lake 

Opelousas Bay 

Opossum Creek 

Orlando Bay 

Otapasse Creek 

Otter Bayou 

Ourse, Bayou des 

Ouske Bay 



Owl Bayou 

Oyster Bayou . 
Oyster Bayou . 



W. I<''eliciana 

Rapides 

Allen 

Vernon 

Washington 

Livingston 

Cameron 

do 

St. Landry 

St. Jolm the Baptist. 



(Mississippi). .. 

Allen 

St. Martin 

Pointe Coupee. 

Jell'erson 

Pointe Coupee. 

do 

St. Bernard 

Terrebonne . . . . 

Calcasieu 

Cameron 

do 

St. Mary 

Cameron 

Washington 

St. Mary 



Loca- 
tion . 



Livingston, Tapgi- 
pahoa. 

Iberville, Assump- 
tion, Iberia. 

Iberville 

Avoyelles 

Orleans 

Iberia 



Assumption, St. 

James. 
Acadia, Jefferson 

Davis. 

St. Bernard 

St. Mary 

Cameron 



Plaquemines... 

Tangipaioa 

Plaquemines.,. 
East Feliciana. 

St. Mary 

Plaquemines -.- 
St. Tammany.. 
(Mississippi)... 
Pointe Coupee. 

St. Helena 

East Feliciana. 

St. Mary 

Vermilion 

....do 

St. Martin 

East Feliciana. 

Jefferson 

(Mississippi).. . 

St. Bernard 

St. Martin 

Iberville 

St. Martm 

Tangipahoa 

Terrebonne . . . . 
Cameron 



Paddys Bay Plaquemines. . 

Padra Bayou St. Bernard . . . 

Pagie Lake Terrelx>nne . . . 

Palmetto Creek ! Beauregard . . . 

Palourde Lake ! Assumption... 

St. Mary 

Paquet Bayou I St. Tammany. 

Parcperdue Bayou — ! Iberia 



K-2 
G-1 
E-3 
C-2 
Q-3 
M-3 
E-6 
E-6 
1-3 
N-5 
S-8 
S-5 
F-3 
J-5 
J-2 
P-9 
1-2 
J-2 
S-6 
L-8 
C-5 
D-6 
E-6 
J-7 
C-6 
Q-2 
K-7 



N-4 
L-5 

L-5 
I-l 

P-5 
1-6 

M-5 

r-4 

S-5 
K-7 
D-6 

T-9 
0-4 
T-9 
L-2 
K-7 
T-8 
R-5 

J-1 

J-1 
M-3 
L-2 

J-6 
H-7 
H-7 

J-4 
L-2 
P-8 
P-1 
S-6 

J-4 

J-4 
O^ 
L-9 

C-6 



T-9 
R-6 
M-8 
D-2 
L-6 

Q-4 
1-6 



64 



WATERWAYS IX SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



Name of waterway. 



Pass a Loutre. 
Pass Manchac . 



Pat Glennons Bayou 

Patout Canal , 

Paul Bayou , 

Pay Bayou 

Pearl Creek 

Pearl Lake 

Pearl River 



Pecan Bayou, Little.. 

Pecan Lake 

Peigneur Lake 

Pelican Lake 

Pelto Lake 

Penchant Bayou 

Percys Creek 

Perot Bayou 

Perrys Creek 

Peters Creek 

Petit Anse Bayou 

Petit Bayou 

Petit Passe Bayou 

Petit Passe 

Petit Prairie 

Pierre Bay 

Pigeon Bayou 

Pigeon Bayou 

Pigeon Bayou, Little. 

Pilottown Bayou 

Pine Creek 

Piquant Bayou 

Plaquemine Bayou. . . 
Plaquemino Brule 
Bayou. 

Plat Bayou 

Pocasin Creek 

Pocason Creek 

Point au Chien Bayou 



Point au Loups 

Pompadour Bay 

Ponchatalawa Creek. . 
Ponchatoula River... 
Pontchartrain Lake... 

Portage Bayou 

Portage Bayou 

Portage Bayou 

Portage Bayou 

Portage Bayou 

Portage Guidry 
Bayou. 

Porters Bayou 

Possum Bayou 

Postillion Bayou 

Poydras Bayou 



Prairie Creek , 

Prentiss Bayou 

Pretty Creek 

Prien Lake 

Pumpkin Bayou 

Pushepetappa 

Quarantine Bay 

Quatre Bayou Pass... 
Queue de Torture 
Bayou. 

Quitman Lake 

Raccourci Lake 

Raccourci Lake 

Rambour Bayou 

Rapides Bayou 

Raphaels I^ass 

RaqUBtte Bayou 

Red Fish Bay 

Red Pass 

Red River 

Redwood Creek 

Ricaby Bayou 

Richardson Creek . 

Richland Creek 

Ridge Ocek 



Parish. 



Plaquemines 

Tangipahoa, St. John 
the Baptist. 

Cameron 

Iberia 

Iberville 

Pointe Coupee 

Vernon 

Avoyelles 

St. Tammany, Wash- 
ington. 

Cameron 

do 

Iberia 

Terrebonne 

do 

do 

(Mississippi) 

Jellerson 

Washington 

do 

Iberia 

St. Charles 

Evangeline 

St. Bernard 

St. Landry 

Lafourche 

St. Martin, Iberville . 

Iberia 

do 

Plaquemines 

(Mississippi) 

St. Charles 

Iberville 

Acadia 



Lafourche 

Tangipahoa 

Vernon 

Terrebonne, La- 
fourche. 

Acadia 

Plaquemines 

St. Tammany 

Tangipahoa 



Terrebonne 

St. Landry 

Iberia, St. Martin . 

St. Mary 

V'ermilion 

St. Martin 



Loca- 
tion. 



St. Tammany 

St. Mary 

Iberia 

Pointe Coupee, West 

Baton Rouge. 

Vernon 

Pointe Coupee 

East Feliciana 

Calcasieu 

Cameron 

Washington 

Plaquemines 

do 

Acadia, Vermilion, 

Lafaj'ette. 

Terrebonne 

Pointe Coupee 

Lafourche 

Jcllerson 

Rapides 

Plaquemines 

do 

do 

do 



East Feliciana. 

St. Martin 

Washington 

East Feliciana. 
Beauregard 



T-9 
0-4 

A-6 
J-6 
M-4 
J-3 
C-1 
H-1 
R-5 

E-6 
E-6 

1-6 
M-9 
N-9 
L-7 
K-1 
P-7 
Q-3 
Q-2 

1-6 
0-6 
H-3 

S-5 

1-3 
0-9 
K-o 
K-6 
K-5 
S-10 
K-1 
0-6 
K-4 
F-5 

0-7 
0-4 
C-2 

0-8 

F-4 
R-8 
P-4 
N-4 
P-5 
N-8 
1-4 
J-5 
J-7 
1-6 
1-4 

R-4 
K-7 
K-5 
K-3 

C-1 
J-3 
L-2 
.0-5 
E-6 
Q-2 
R-8 
Q-8 
F-7 

N-8 
J-2 
0-9 
P-8 
F-1 
T-9 
Q-7 
T-9 
S-9 
J-1 
L-3 
S-5 
Q-2 
L-2 
B-2 



Name of waterway. 



Rigeaud Bayou... 
Righthand Creek. 
Rigolets 



Rigolets, Little... 
Rigolettes Bayou. 

Robert Bayou 

Roberts Bayou . . . 
Robertson Bayou. 
Robinson Bayou. . 
Robinson Canal. . 

Rogers Bayou 

Hollover Bayou.. 

Ronquille Bay 

Roseaux Bayou. . 

Roimd Bay 

Round Bay 

Round Bay 

Roimd Lake 

Round Lake 

Roimd Lake 

Rouge Bayou 

Rouge Bayou 



Rouville Bavou . 



Sabine Lake. 



Sabine Pass 

Sabine River 

St. Catherine Lake 

St. Denis Bayou 

St. Elaine Bay 

St. Honore Bay 

St. Jean de Jean 

Bayou. 
St. Jean Charles Bayou 

St. John Bayou 

St. Malo Bayou 

Sale Bayou 

Sale Bay Bayou 

Saline Bayou 

Saline Lake 

Sally Lake 

Salt Lake 

Salvador Lake 



Plaquemines 

Beauregard 

St. Tammany, Or- 
leans. 

Orleans 

Jefferson 

Rapides 

Vermilion 

Pointe Coupee 

Plaquemines 

Terrebonne 

Jefferson Davis 

Vermilion 

Plaquemines 

Avoyelles 

Plaquemines 

Jefferson 

Terrel)onne 

St. Martin 

Vermilion 

Lafourche 

Avoyelles 

St. "Landry, Avoy- 
elles. 

St. Tammany 



Ivoca- 
tion. 



(Louisiana and 
Texas.) 

do 

do 

Orleans 

Jefferson 

Terrebonne 

Jefferson 

Rapides 



Sandy Bayou 

Sandy Bayou 

Sandy Bayou 

Sandy Bayou 

Sandy Creek 

Sandy Creek 

Sandy Creek 

Saquette Bayou 

Sarah Bayou 

Sarah Bayou, I^ittle. 

Sauvage Bayou 

Schooner Bayou 

Scofield Bay 

Scott Creek 

Sebastopol Coulee . . . 

Second Bayou 

Seggc Bayou 

Segnett e Bayou 

Scgur Bayou 

Serpent Bayou 



Seventeenth Street 
Canal. 

Shaffer Bayou 

Shark Bayou 

Shell Island Bay 

Shell Island Pass 

Silver Creek 

Simms Creek 

Six Mile Creek 

Six Mile Lake 



Skip Jack Bay. 
Skull Creek.... 



Terrebonne 

Orleans 

St. Bernard 

St. Mary 

....do 

Rapides 

do 

Terreboime 

St. Tammany 

Lafayette, Jefferson 
St. Charles. 

East Feliciana 

St. Helena 

West Feliciana 

do 
East Feliciana 
Vernon 

do 
St. Landry 
West Feliciana 

do- 
Orleans 

Vermilion 

Plaquemines 

West Feliciana 

Lafayette, Vermilion 

Plaquemines 

Assumption 

Jefferson 

Assumption 

Calcasieu, Jefferson 

Davis. 
Jefferson 



St. Mary 

Iberia 

Plaquemines 

St. Mary 

Washington 

Tangipahoa 

Allen 

St. Mary, Assump- 
tion. 

Plaquemines 

Tangipahoa 



WATERWAYS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. 



65 



Name of waterway. 



Snow Creek 

Solomons Pass 

South lV\ss, Missis- 
sijipi Kiver. 

Southeast Pass, Mis- 
sissi])pi Kiver. 

Southwest I'ass, Mis- 
sissipju River. 

Southwest Pass (Ver- 
milion Bay). 

Southwestern Louisi- 
ana Canal. 

Sorrel Bayou 

Sorrel Bayou 

Sott, Bayou de 

Spanish Lake 

Spanish Lake 

Spanish Pass 

Spoonbill Bay 

Spring Creek 

Spring Creek 

Spring Branch 

Squirrel Creek 

Stinking Bayou 

Stumpy Bayou 

Sugar C^reek 

Sweet Bay Lake 

Sweet Lake 

Sword Bayou 



Parish. 



T. 



Tallsheek Creek , 

Tambour, Bay , 

Tangipahoa River 

Taylors Creek 

Taylors B ranch 

Tchetuncte River 

(Chefuncte). 
Tchoupitoulas, Bayou 

Teche, Bayou 

Do 

Tenmile Creek 

Tenmile Creek 

Tensas Bayou 

Terre, Bayou 

TerresiuBoeufs, Bayou 



Terrebonne Bay 

Terrebonne Bayou. . 

Terrys Creek. ." 

Tete Bavou 

Tete Bois, Bayou 

Theriot Lake 

Thibodaux Canal 

Thomas Bayou 

Thompsons Bayou. . . 



Thorgeson Canal... 

Three Bayou 

Three Mile Bayou. 
Tickfaw River 



Tiger Pass 

Tigre Bayou... 
Tigre Bayou . . 
Tigre Lagoon. . 
Tigre Bayou... 
Timbalier Bay. 



Topishaw Creek 

Toreau Bayou 

Tortue Bayou 

Tortue, Bayou c|\ieue 
de. 

Towhead Bayou 

Traverse Bayou 

Trepagnier Bayou 

Trout Creek 

Tunica Bayou 

Tiu-key Bayou 



Tangipahoa.. 
Plaquemmes. 
do 



.do. 
.do. 



Vermilion. 



Jefferson- Lafayette . 



Iberville 

Assumption 

Rapides 

Iberville 

St. Martin, Iberia.. 

Plaqueniines 

Jefferson 

Tangipahoa 

Rapides 

West Feliciana 

Tangipahoa 

do 

West Baton Rouge 

Beauregard 

Terrebonne, St. Mary 

Cameron 

Terrebonne., 



St. Tammany. 

Jefferson 

Tangipahoa . . . 
Washington... 
Tangipahoa . . . 
St. Tammany, 



Jefferson ^ 

St. Mary, Ibena 

St. Martin, St.Landr v 

Allen ". 

Vernon 

St. Martin 

Plaquemines 

Plaquemines, Sr. 
Bernard. 

Terrebonne 

do 



Tangipahoa 

Iberia 

Calcasieu 

Teirebonne 

....do 

Point Coupee 

East Feliciana, West 
Feliciana. 

St. Mary 

Cameron 

St. Bernard 

Livingston, St. 
Helena. 

Plaquemines 

Terrebonne 

Iberia 

....d« 

St. James 

Terrebonne, La- 
fourche. 

(Mississippi) 

Vernon 

Lafayette, St. Martin 

Verrnilion, Acadia.. 



St. Mary 

St. Charles 

....do 

Beauregard. . .. 
West Feliciana. 
St. Bernard 



Loca- 
tion. 



0-3 

S-9 
T-9 



S-10 

H-7 

0-9 

K-5 
K-6 
G-1 
M-4 
1-5 
S-9 
P-7 
0-2 
F-2 
K-2 
0-3 
0-4 
K-3 
E-2 
L-7 
0-6 
L-7 



Q-3 
P-8 
0-4 
Q-3 
0-2 
P-4 

P-5 
K-7 
J-6 
E-2 
C-2 
.T-.'J 
P-6 
R-7 

N-9 
N-7 
0-2 
J-6 
D-5 
M-8 
M-8 
K-3 
K-3 

J-7 
A-6 

S-5 

N-4 

S-9 
M-7 
1-6 
1-6 
N-6 
0-9 

0-1 
B-1 

1-5 
F-5 

K-7 
0-5 
0-5 
B-2 
J-2 
S-5 



Name of waterway. 



Turkey Creek 

Turkey Creek 

Turners Bayou 

Turtle Bayou 

Turtle Lake 

Twelvemile Creek. . . 
Twentv-seven Pass.. 



Vacherie Bayou . . 
Vacherie Bayou. . 
Valentine Bayou. 

Vaughn Creek 

Vermilion Bay. . . 
Vermilion River . 



Verret Bayou 

Verret Canal 

Verret Lake 

Villars, Bayou 

Villere, Lake 

Vincent (or Bayou 

Bonfouca). 
Vinton Canal 



W. 



Walkers Canal 

Wallace, Bay 

Wallace Lake 

Walnut Creek 

\\' ards Creek 

Warners Creek 

Washley Creek 

Waste House Bayou.. 

Water Creek 

Wauksha Creek 

Wax Bayou 

AVax Lake 

Wax Pass 

V/ebbs Bayou 

Weeks Bayou 

Weeks Bay 

Weeks Canal 

West Bay 

West, Baj'ou de 

West Fork 

West Pearl River 

Whale Bay 

Whiskey Chitto Creek 

"White Branch 

White Bayou 

W^hite Lake 

White Lake, Little . . . 
White Vine Bayou. . . 

Wickliffe Branch 

Wickoff Bayou 

Wild Cow Creek 

Wilkinson Bay 

Wilkinson Canal 

Williams Creek 

Williams Pass 

Willow Lake 

Wilson Bayou 

"V^'indham Creek 

Wright Creek 



Y. 



Yankee Canal 

Yellow Bayou 

Yellow Bayou 

Yellow River 

Yokely Bayou.... 

Youngs Coulee 

Yscloskey Bayou. 



Zourie Bayou Vernon 



Parish. 



Evangeline... 
St. Helena. . . 
St. Landry... 
Orleans. .".... 

Cameron 

St. Helena... 
Plaquemines. 



i.ooa- 
tion. 



I..afourche 

Plaquemines 

Rapides 

West Feliciana 

Vermilion, Iberia... 
Vermilion, Lafay- 
ette, St. Martin." 
Jefferson, St. Charles 

Jefferson 

Assumption 

Jefferson 

do 

St. Tammany 



Calcasieu. 



St. Charles 

Terreboime 

.....do 

East Feliciana 

East Baton Rouge. 

Washington 

Tangipahoa 

St. Tammany 

Tansipahoa 

St. Landry 

St. Mary .'. 

....do. 



do 

East Feliciana 

Iberia 

do 

do 

Plaquemines 

Terrebonne 

Calcasieu 

St. Tammany 

Plaquemines" 

Allen 

East Feliciana 

East Baton Rouge 

Vermilion 

....do 

Pomt Coupee 

West Feliciana 

Acadia 

Beauregard 

Plaquemines 

do. 



West Feliciana . 
Plaquemines... 

Cameron 

Rapides 

Beauregard . . . . 
Washington 



Lafourche . . . 
Avoyelles. .. 
St. Mary.... 
Tangipahoa . 
St. Mary.... 
Vermilion... 
St. Bernard. 



G-2 

M-2 
1-2 
Q-5 
F-6 

N-2 
T-9 



0-7 
R-8 
F-1 
K-2 
H-7 
1-4 

0-6 
P-6 
L-6 
P-7 
P-7 
Q-4 

B-5 



0-5 
M-7 
M-7 
L-2 
M-4 
Q-3 
0-4 
R-4 
0-3 
1-3 
K-7 
K-7 
K-7 
M-3 
1-6 
1-6 
1-6 
S-9 
L-9 
D-4 
R-5 
T-9 
E-3 
L-3 
L-3 
G-9 
H-7 
J-2 
K-2 
G-4 
C-3 
Q-8 
Q-7 
K-2 
S-9 
D-6 
G-1 
B-4 
Q-3 



0-S 
1-2 

J-7 
N-8 

J-6 
H-6 
R-6 



C-1 



66 



ISLANDS, 
ISLANDS. 



Name. 



Avery Island (La.^ 

Avoea Island (La.) 

B. 

Barrel Key (La.) 

Battledore Island (La.) . . . 
Bavou C'ouba Island (La.) 

Beile Isle (La.) 

Bird Island (La.) 

Black Prince Island (La.). 

Breton Island (La.) 

Brash Island (La.) 

C. 

CaiUou Island (I^a.) 

Calumet Island (La.) 

Casse Tete Island (La.) . . . 

Cat Island (Mi.ss.) 

Chandeleur Island (La.). . 
Cote Blanche Island (La.). 

Cow Island (la.) 

Cypress Island (La.) 

D. 

Deer Island (7 n . ) 

Deer Island (Miss.) 

Drews Island (La.) 

K. 

Errol Island (!.a.) 

Eugene Island ( La .) 

F. 

Freemason Island { La.) . . . 

G. 

Grand Chenier (La.) 

Grand Island (La.) 

Grand Isle (I^a.) 

Grand Terre Island (La.). 
Grassy Island (La.) 

H. 

Honey Island (La.) 

Hog Island (La.) 



Location. 



1-6 
L-V 



T-6 
S-8 
P-6 
K-7 
S-8 
0-6 
T-8 
T-5, 0-9 



0-9 
0-9 
0-9 
T-5 
T-6 
J-7 
J-7 
K-6 



K-8 
T^ 
L-7 



T-7 
K-8 



T-6 



E-7 
S-5 
P-9 
Q-8 
S-5 



R-4 

S-8 



Name. 



I. 



Isle Au Pitre (La.) 

Isle de Cote (Ln.) 

Isle Derniere (La.) 

J. 

Jefferson Island (La.) 

Jones Island (La.) 

M. 

Marsh Island (La.) 

Martins Island (I^a.) 

N. 
North Islands (La.) 

O. 
Old Harbor Islands (La.) 

P. 

Pecan Island (La.) 

Petit Pass (La.) 

Profit Island (La.) 

R. \ 

Rabbit Island (La.) 

S. 

Sabine Island (La.) 

Sable Islands (La.) 

St. John Island (La.) 

Sallys Island (La.) 

Sam Holmes Island (La.) 

Shell Island (La.) 

Shell Island (La.) 

Ship Island (Miss.) 

Stindown Island (La.) 

T. 

Timbalier Island (La.) 

W. 

Wine Island (La.) 

Weeks Island (La.) 



Location. 



T-5 
H-1 
M-9 



1-6 
0-4 



1-7 
P-6 



T-6 



G-7 
S-5 
K-3 



J-7 



G-5 
R-8 

C-6. 

1-7 
T-5 
B-8 
K-8 
T-5 
T-5 



0-9 



N-9 
1-6 



PARISHES 
PARISHES. 



67 



Parish. 



A. 

Acadia 

Allen 

Ascension 

Assumption 

Avoyelles , 

B. 

Beauregard 

C. 

Calcasieu 

Cameron 

Concordia 

E. 

East B a t on 

Rouge. 
East Feliciana . . . 
Evangeline 

I. 

Iberia 

Iberville 

J. 

Jefferson 

Jefferson Davis... 

L. 

Lafayette 

Lafourche 

La Salle * 

Livingston 



Crowley 

Oberlin , . . . 

DonaldsonviUe. . 
Napoleonville.. . 
Marksville 



De Ridder. 



Lake Charles 

Cameron 

Vidalia 



Baton Rouge 



Clinton 

Villa Platte. 



New Iberia.. 
Plaquemlne. 



Gretna . . . 
Jeimings . 



Lafayette . . 
Thibodaux. 

Jena 

Springville. 



Popu- 
lation. 



23, 887 
24,128 
34,102 



62, 767 
4,288 
14, 278 



34,580 
20, 055 



31,202 
30, 954 



18,247 



28, 733 

33,111 

9,402 

10, 627 



Lo- 
ca- 
tion. 



G-4 
E-4 
M-5 
L-6 
H-1 



D-5 
C-6 



L-2 
G-3 



1-6 
K-4 



P-6 
F-5 



H-5 

M-6 



Parish. 



O. 

Orleans 

P. • 

Plaquemine 

Pointe Coupee . 
R. 



Rapides 

S. 

St. Bernard 

St. Charles 

St. Helena 

St. James 

St. John the 
Baptist.' 

St. Landrv 

St. Martin 

St. Mary 

St. Tammanv 



Parish seat. 



New Orleans. 



Pointe a la 

Hache. 
New Roads 



Alexandria. 



St. Bernard. 
Hahnville. . . 
Greensburg. 
Convent . . . . 
Edgard 



Opelousas 

St. Martinville. 

Franklin 

Co\ington 



Tangipahoa . 
Terrebonne. 



Amite... 
Houm.a. 



V. 

Vermilion. 
Vernon . . . 



Abbeville. 
Leesville.. 



W. 

Washington 

W es t B at n 

Rouge. 
West Feliciana.. 



Frankllnton. 
Port Allen . . , 



St. Franeisyille. 



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339,000 



12,524 
25, 289 



5,277 
11,207 

9.200 
23. 000 
14,400 

66.700 
23,000 
39,400 
18,917 



29, 200 
28,300 



26,400 
17, 400 



18,900 
12,650 

13,500 



P-6 



0-7 



G-1 



Q-6 
0-6 
N-2 
M-5 
N-5 

H-3 
1-5 
S-6 
P-4 



0-3 

N-7 



H-6 
C-1 



P-2 
K-4 



K-2 



68 



RAILEOADS. 
RAILROADS. 



Name. 



Baton Rouge, Hammond & Eastern 
(Y. & M. V.) 



F. 

Frisco: 

New Orleans, Texas & Mexico. 



New Iberia & Northern . 
Louisiana Southern 



Location. 



G.. 
Gulf & Sabine River . . 
I. 



Iberia & Vermilion (Southern Pacific)... 
Illinois Central 



Jasper & Eastern (Gulf, Colorado & 
Santa Fe) 



K.- 



Kansas City Southern 

Kentwood & Eastern 

Kentwood, Greensburg & Southwestern. 



Lake Charles'* Northern (L.' & p!) '. 
Leesville, East & West 



Louisiana Rwy. & Navigation Co. 



Louisiana Southern (Frisco) 

Louisiana & Western (Southern Pacific). 

Louisiana & Pacific 

Louisville & Nashville 



M. 

Morgan's La. & Texas (Southern Pacific) 

N. 



New Iberia & Northern (Frisco). 
New Orleans Great Northern: 

Main line 

Folsom Branch 

Bogue Chitto Branch , 



!P-4 



K-3 
F-2 
D-3 
1-5 
Q-6 



C-1 



H-6 
0-4 



E-2 



C-3 
0-2 

N-2 



E-4 
0-4 
D-1 
0-5 
L-4 
G-1 
Q-6 
E-5 
D-4 
Q-5 



0-6 

1-4 

K-7 



1-5 

Q-4 
P-4 
P-2 



Name. 



New Orleans, Natalbany & Natchez 

New Orleans Southern & Grand Isle 

New Orleans, Texas & Mexico (Frisco).. 

New Orleans & Northeastern 

O. 
Opelousas, Gulf & Northeastern 

R. 
Red River & Gulf 



Location. 



St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern. . 
Southern Pacific: 

M. L. & T., Iberia & Vermilion, 
Louisiana & Western 



Baton Rouge & Lafayette Branch... 

Cade it Port Barre Branch 

Franklin & Cypremont Branch. . 
Lake Charles & Lake Arthur Branch. 
Lafayette & Alexandria Branch 

New Iberia, Eunice & Mamon 
Branch 



Raceland" & Lockport Branch 

Schriever & Napoleonville Branch. 
Schreiver & Houma Branch 



Texas & Pacific: 
Mainline 



Evinice Branch 

Lafourche Branch 

Marksville Branch 

Napoleonville Branch. . 

Port Allen Branch 

Indian Village Branch . 

W. 



Woodworth & Louisiana Central . 

Y. 
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley 



Bato Rouge, Hammond & Eastern 

Branch 

Woodville Branch. 



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K-3 
F-3 
D-3 
Q-5 



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F-2 



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J-6 

B-5 

J-4 

1-4 

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M-6 

M-7 



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